At the 2006 SCI convention in Reno, I stopped by the Dewings booth to talk about the Siace DR's. At that time the price was ~ $4000. I had a call from Dewings yesterday asking if I was interested in a .30-06 DR as some had just come in. Since I have a 7X65R enroute from DLN (Chapuis) I declined, but I was interested in the current asking price...$8500!! Unless this rifle was more than the basic version, the price has more than doubled in 18 months. Don't think I'll be ordering a Siace 45-70 anytime soon. I saw where Antonio Zoli is advertising their O/U in 450-400 for $9999 (SCI Safari Magazine). I would think I'd be more interested in the Zoli at $9999 than the Siace at $8500. However, I don't think I'm going to be interested in anything until the dollar recovers most, if not all of its value vs. Euro. FWIW DuaneB