at www.champlinarms.com

the followijng persons are on my hypocrite list bacause they are "all hat, and NO cattle" as we say in Idaho:
500 grains and his boy ScottS

Rich
DRSS

make that word following...somehow I put a j in.

Rich

Dan
Thats a fine looking double. Its really something the job they did running that upper tang back as far as they did! I wish I had half the talent of some.
Dean

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Originally posted by 500grains:
The following persons are on my ignore list due to their repeatedly posting dishonest and untrue information:
jeffeoso (moderator), and his sycophantic groupies IdahoSharpshooter and JMJ888.

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Idaho Sharpshooter
one of us
Posted 01 December 2006 10:39 Hide Post
the followijng persons are on my hypocrite list bacause they are "all hat, and NO cattle" as we say in Idaho:
500 grains and his boy ScottS

Rich
DRSS

Don't you guys ever get tired? Guys let's do some hunting, and shooting, life's too short for that crap!

GEEZE...................

That is a fine old H&H, and probably worth the $14,500 to an H&H collector. But I'd like it to shoot, and hunt with, without the very expensive name, at a more reasonable black powder Express price! If it didn't have the H&H engraved on it, it would be in the $8K to $10K range! $4500 to $6500 is a lot of money for a three letter engraveing!

Mac37, you might feel differently if one of the AR moderators was making up lies about you.

Thats more than a collector gun and well worth the price. I believe it is sold and did so in a day or two. A heavy 577 and with the note spring actuated under lever it probably has a third bite on the lug. It would be hard to find a 577 by any maker that heavy and in that condition and a late 1890's gun too. I would love to see the ledger page on that one.

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Originally posted by gatsby:
Thats more than a collector gun and well worth the price. I believe it is sold and did so in a day or two. A heavy 577 and with the note spring actuated under lever it probably has a third bite on the lug. It would be hard to find a 577 by any maker that heavy and in that condition and a late 1890's gun too. I would love to see the ledger page on that one.

gatsby, you are most likely right in your valuation, but only because it is an H&H rifle. It is in fine shape, and looks exactly like a V. Haffner 577 I had at one time, in the same general condition, with better wood. If that rifle had been a H&H rifle, I would have had to pay a lot more money to get it, and I'd have made a lot more when selling it! I think you could print Holland & Holland on a water pipe, and get a big price for it, in some quarters.

That one is a beautiful rifle, in any case, but simply not worth $14,500 to me!

And if that pipe were regulated by or under the supervision of William Froome with typical Holland engraving it would be well worth the asking price.

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Originally posted by gatsby:
And if that pipe were regulated by or under the supervision of William Froome with typical Holland engraving it would be well worth the asking price.

Do you suppose it would supply water better?

Mac,
No the water would certainly arrive in either case but I would keep the Holland pipe above ground, the others,well...

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Originally posted by gatsby:
Mac,
No the water would certainly arrive in either case but I would keep the Holland pipe above ground, the others,well...

I know what you mean!