The Hammerless Double Rifle by Alexander Gray ??

The Accurate Reloading Forums

This topic can be found at:
https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/760101804/m/8701074831

15 August 2010, 01:00

doubleboy

The Hammerless Double Rifle by Alexander Gray ??

This might be a bit off topic.....I advertised my copy of The Hammerless Double Rifle on Amazon and saw other copies for OVER $ 300.00 ! Is that an accurate price ? What am I missing ?

15 August 2010, 05:26

cal pappas

I've seen several come and go in the past few years--all for less than 100$. I have my copy and love it.
Cal

_______________________________

Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska
www.CalPappas.com
www.CalPappas.blogspot.com
1994 Zimbabwe
1997 Zimbabwe
1998 Zimbabwe
1999 Zimbabwe
1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation
2000 Australia
2002 South Africa
2003 South Africa
2003 Zimbabwe
2005 South Africa
2005 Zimbabwe
2006 Tanzania
2006 Zimbabwe--vacation
2007 Zimbabwe--vacation
2008 Zimbabwe
2012 Australia
2013 South Africa
2013 Zimbabwe
2013 Australia
2016 Zimbabwe
2017 Zimbabwe
2018 South Africa
2018 Zimbabwe--vacation
2019 South Africa
2019 Botswana
2019 Zimbabwe vacation
2021 South Africa
2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later)
______________________________

15 August 2010, 06:53

doubleboy

Cal, thanks for the reply. It seemed like alot of money to me.....

15 August 2010, 07:19

bradhe

What do you want for it?

15 August 2010, 08:23

500N

Why is it that this book seems to get people to ask ridiculous prices - not sure if they get them but I have seen a few over time go for over $300 ?

I have the book and if you compare it to others on DR's, not that much is in it.

Any comments ?

15 August 2010, 08:37

Mike Brooks

IMO there's a big difference between what is asked for an item and what they actually get for it.

NRA Life
ASSRA Life
DRSS

Today's Quote:
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone with free monthly minutes, food stamps, section 8 housing, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.

15 August 2010, 22:09

MacD37

you may not get that price today, but there have been several sold for more than $300! This is like other books that are out of print, when they are no longer available the price goes up. The "TROPHY ROOM BOOKS" the publisher of that series of books sent me a letter offering me $300 for my pristene copy of the first issue. You can bet if he was offering me $300 for my copy, he was going to sell it for considerably more! I didn't sell it to him, but collectors wanted that first copy, and were asking for it, after none were available anymore!

I also have a copy of Grey's book, along with the correction page. That correction page mkes the book worth $200 more than without it! There is not accounting for collector pricing!

....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1
DRSS Charter member
"If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982

Hands of Old Elmer Keith

15 August 2010, 23:59

Antlers

quote:
There is no accounting for collector pricing!

...you said a mouthful there.

17 August 2010, 01:31

nitro450exp

MacD

I have a copy of Grey's book.
But do not have the correction page what am I missing, anything important ?

Thanks
Nitro

"Man is a predator or at least those of us that kill and eat our own meat are. The rest are scavengers, eating what others kill for them." Hugh Randall
DRSS, BASA
470 Krieghoff, 45-70 inserts, 12 ga paradox, 20 ga DR Simson/Schimmel, 12 ga DR O/U Famars, 12 ga DR SXS Greener

17 August 2010, 06:54

N E 450 No2

Mac

What is the Copyright year of the first edition?

17 August 2010, 20:20

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
Mac

What is the Copyright year of the first edition?

Copyright 1994! As far as I know there was only one edition, but I have no idea of the number of copies printed!

I got my copy from my wife for my 59th birtday April 1995

My copy still has the ERRATA sheet correcting a mistake by the publisher on page 144

17 August 2010, 20:40

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
Mac

What is the Copyright year of the first edition?

Tony the reference to the TROPHY ROOM BOOKS below had nothing to do with Gray's book,it was just a illustration of how the value to collectors goes up once there are no copies left on the market.

quote:
The "TROPHY ROOM BOOKS" the publisher of that series of books sent me a letter offering me $300 for my pristene copy of the first issue. You can bet if he was offering me $300 for my copy, he was going to sell it for considerably more! I didn't sell it to him, but collectors wanted that first copy, and were asking for it, after none were available anymore!