Any ideas on a fair price for a not-so-used A-square Hannibal in .500 A-square with peep sights, Leopold scout scope and reloading dies?

If you decided to resell it I am sure you could get 1500 and probably 2000. Beyond that it might be touch and go.

The local gunshop has had one in the used rack for quite a while. They originally had $3500 on it, now $2800. I have no practical hunting use for the rifle but wouldn't mind owning it nonetheless!

I think they cost $3500 or $3800 new but do not have a large following.

You could easily convert a CZ550 in .416 Rigby to 500 A-Square for a total cost of about $1500.

the goign rate seems to be between 2300-3000, depending on condition and grade.

jeffe

There is really no market for such rifles. The number of willing and able buyers is infinitesimally small. If you want it, offer a couple thousand.

I agree with Dan on this one...buy a CZ and have it converted. I have shot one of the A-Sqaure 500's and the stock is HORRIBLE...as someone else once said, like holding a railroad tie in your hands. I don't think it helped the recoil all that much either.

The stock on the rifle is pretty awful and does feel like you're holding a rr tie. The CZ sounds like a better option. Is the new CZ550 the same rifle as the older BRNO that has been touted as such a great field/carry gun?

When I purchased mine if I remember correctly the base price was $2995.00 with that add on expenses for express sights as well as rings and value of the scope. I have never had any problems with mine with feeding issues like some comment on the cz rifles those rifle are often spoke of as being an alternative but I have no experience with them to comment further. I really like my a-square rifles and I like the stock design but I like driving my H- 1 hummer to work. Some folks like sport cars.

....Mine was about $ 1895.00 with shipping ,,., After shooting it some I sent it back and had the foward mounted 4x leupold pistol scope installed in the pilkington bases....It ended up being about $2250.00 in 1986...By not wrapping my thumb around the wrist of the stock it was easier to shoot comfortably......I like Dodge 3500 Chassy Cab flat beds.

I have never seen a A square rifle, but everybody seems to complain about the coil chek stock.

Does Art Alphin offer a differant style stock?

Has anybody ever had one of his rifles restocked to their likeings?

I understand he builds his rifles on Enfield actions. So Is there any problems with his craftsmanship in the gunmetal department. Are they reliable?

For $3K talk to AHR and they will build you one that works and doesn't have ART Alpin smell on it! Ever handled a A-square hannible? Yuck.-Rob

....Rob ,, A-Squares may be an acquired taste,,Easy to shoot accurately from actual hunting positions.,.,Nice triggers..,.,. And , He had a bunch of good ideas , alot of which worked well .....Say what you want but any rifle that can take the thrashing that Saeed,s T Rex takes and still work is one tough rifle...

It makes me wonder how people want the best looking English Style rifle, then whinge because it kicks too much ! if they have a ugly rifle that doesnt kick so much ,they whinge because its ugly!! to look at! or they complain its too heavy to carry all day on an elephant hunt ! then bitch cos it aint got the penetration it should have !!! when i was in the army ,the bloke who carried the M60 never bitched about how much it weighed, even though the sweat was rolling off him, when he was carrying it, not once did he complain !!!!!! hmmmmmm maybe people these days are all soft or cant carry a real rifle without bitching or sooking about it hmmmmmm beats the crap outa me ?

I paid $2250.00 for mine in 1996, but the original owner included many loaded rounds, about 120 brass, solids, softs and about 200 cast lead bullets, dies and molds for the bullets. It was the complete package.

I increased the weight to 13 pounds to make full on loads less exciting. I like it now. I also had a Can-Jar trigger installed, I really like that.
The stocks do take some getting used to. You will want to lose the Pachmyer recoil pad, it is useless on a .500 A-Sq. If you are in warmer climes go for a 1.5" thick sorbothane pad. If going into cold weather, get the big 550 mag pad.
You can load the rifle using cast bullets to under the speed of sound for really fun plinking, and increase the loads using various powders to walk it up to 2350fps or so.

Use a slip-on Limb Saver pad over this Pachmayr Sporting Clays pad for T-shirt weather, or go without the slip-on when wearing winter clothing:


The fence post A-Square stock is really silly. There are much better ways to go, like this McMillan stock.
This "homemade" gun (use a CZ 550 Magnum or BRNO ZKK 602) is the most firepower for the bucks possible whether chambered for any of these copycats (in their approximate chronologic order of appearance):

50 Buhmiller
500 Weatherby
.510 Wells
500 A2
.510 JAB
50 Peacekeeper

Did I forget any?

From Saeed's collection:

He seems to have censored the Hannibal "Coil Check" stock on the picture of the "Flying Rifle" (577Trex).

So ugly he had to protect us from the sight of its image?

Alas, he forgot to protect us from the same stock on a 300 Pegasus: OUCH!!!





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