Can someone be kind enough to go to the http://www.westleyrichards.com site ,used gun data base,and post the photo of the close up view of WR .505 Gibbs ,Hartmann Weiss.

Is this the one you mean. If so then someone will be able to make the link appear as a picture.

http://www.westleyrichards.com/img/wr_gr02/25031_sec_1.jpg

Voilá!



George

Great looking rifle, wouldn't want that bolt peep near my eye though. Wonder what it sold for?

I think they were asking $22.5K for it. But the gun only holds 2 rounds in the magazine.

It was a complete Hartmann and Weiss rifle that was selling for $22K. This WR (Hartman and Weiss actioned) gun was originally selling for about $15K several months ago. I sent WR an email inquiring as to the stock measurements and such (more out of curiosity than anything) and that very afternoon the web site price jumped to over $17K. Needless to say, I found this to be more than a coincidence.

Best,

JohnTheGreek

John,

WR figured that since you are a Marxist, you would be paying for the rifle with someone else's money so price was no object.

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Originally posted by 500grains:
WR figured that since you are a Marxist, you would be paying for the rifle with someone else's money so price was no object.

I GUESS SO! Seriously, I don't know if the original $15k price was an error that was not realized until I brought their attention to it with my inquiry or if they were padding the price a bit with the knowledge that someone might be interested. I would expect WR to be a bit more professional than to accept the latter as a proper business practice. In any case, dropping that kind of coin on bolt action trash seemed ridiculous as I already have a safe full (though my trash is not of this quality or beauty).

Best,

JohnTheGreek