Heres one for sale that seems to have all the bugs worked out

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=41074208

9 lbs???? Ouch! The stock had better absorb some of the recoil...like a lot of it! Now I like (love) light, easy to carry rifles...getting too old (should I say out of shape, too)...and this would appear to be too much of a good thing....It is a good looking rifle, however, and Lon Paul does have the reputation (even Jack Lott had him do work for him, and Jack was PARTICULAR)...and the price seems reasonable....Arthur Olds

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9 lbs???? Ouch! The stock had better absorb some of the recoil...like a lot of it!

That may actually have something to do with the sale of this rifle. It looks like the sellor may end up taking a bath on this one. Why else would he? Something wrong with it? Doubtful - probably just kicked a couple teeth loose when he fired it...

I wish him the best of luck selling.

This may be a classic example of a custom gun being worth less than the original weapon from which the rifle is derived.

I'd give him $2500 including the scope and original stock

JMHO,

John

I would like that rifle............pity I am in Oz and don't have the cash !!

I once had a 10.0 lb 505 Gibbs made by Sterling Davenport made on a Mauser Magnum 20 single square bridge action that was supremely accurate but belched fire and thunder and killed at both ends. It gave me a concussion and I sent it back to Sterling. The rifle was originally made for Mark Sullivan and he insisted it be light for caliber. He can handle the recoil, I only thought I could.

IMO fugly.