Well, I have seen lots of pictures but no real information. Lets suppose I want to buy a 318 WR. I could buy an old WR or I could have a custom rifle built, so:
What are the pros and cons?
What am I looking at dollar wise for a custom rifle?
Who would I go to?
Thanks, peter.

Want to save money and time, buy the one listed in the Classified section for $5K and have it in two weeks. Want to do a custom, be prepared to pay roughly twice that and wait approximately a year for a work of art.

Here is the .318 WR I want to build:

Thanks Mike! I saw that ad after I posted this item! Two things:
What "modern" caliber is close to/better than the 318WR?
What gun does you picture show? it might be worth a 1 year wait (and the extra bucks) for THAT gun!
Peter.

Ballistically the .318 WR is very similar to the .338-06, a .30-06 necked up to .338. Factory ballistics for the .318 WR were a 250 grain bullet at 2400 fps.

I really do not know the linage of the rifle pictured. I saw the picture, fell in love with the rifle, printed the picture and sent it to Duane Wiebe and told Duane to keep the picture for when we build our .318 WR. May be someone else has some background on the rifle, but to me it is stunning.

That picutre was on the WR website. Not sure if still is.
I downloaded it too!
Cheers, Chris

....I think we all downloaded it......pure gun porn

Roger

yes please add blueprints to your photos. luv the gun porn Cint

quote:

sent it to Duane Wiebe and told Duane to keep the picture for when we build our .318 WR.

Ask him if it is cheaper if he builds two!
Peter.

Perazzi will build you a custom trap gun, fitted like a suit. On the high end grades, they'll fly you to Italiy, put you up, entertain you. Very much like an African safari.

Evidently, we're talking comfortably (uncomfortably) above $10K - $15K.

The way I shoot trap, the Browning Citori off the rack works for me.

http://www.perazzishotgun.com/

That picture that MJines put up needs to go to the top of this forum instead of the picture they have now.
That rifle is just sick!!!

I just copied the picture and emailed it to Kevin Kilday at the Westley Richards store in Montana, asking him for it's lineage, reproduction cost, and other details. Should have some information back soon....Biebs

Here's the Westley Richards info :

Mr. Bieber,
Actually I believe this rifle was featured in our catalog and may have been used somewhere else at some point though I don’t remember where. The picture in our catalog had a white background but I’m pretty sure it is the same rifle. It definitely isn’t one of my stock photos and hasn’t been featured on the WR website ( at least the US one) that I can remember.
As for lineage can’t give you much there either but the rifle is probably about 10 years old. Current base pricing for a new bolt action is £12,250 (approximately $20K) and you add on your extras from there. Typically they usually come out between $25-30K without any fancy engraving. It takes approximately 18 months to build one.
Here is the pricing for those that want to price one out:

Bolt Action Rifle
Standard Rifle In Calibres Up To .505 Gibbs £12,250.00

Extras

WR Combination Foresight £1,250.00

Ramp Foresight £395.00

Spare Bead £175.00

WR ¼ Rib £750.00

Island Base £400.00

1 Standing Express Sight £200.00

1 Standing Plus 1 Leaf Express Sight £245.00

1 Standing Plus 2 Leaf Express Sight £285.00

Barrel Band & Swivels (QD Or Fixed) £250.00

Fixed Mounts £650.00

Pivot Mounts £975.00

Claw Mounts £1,500.00

Smithson Mounts £1,500.00

H & H Style Side Mounts £1,950.00

Strap Over Comb £1,200.00

Extended Tang £400.00

Extended Magazine Box £450.00

Take Down Format £1,800.00

Carbine Format £1,800.00

Exhibition Wood £2,000.00

Grip Trap Cap £350.00

Gold Oval £175.00

Initials – Up To 3 £105.00

Enamelled Oval £600.00

Leather Covered Recoil Pad £295.00

Gold Name Engraving £850.00

Name & Border Engraving £1,150.00

Full Traditional Scroll Engraving £2,500.00

Deluxe Scroll/Game Scene/Carved Engraving POA

Colour Hardened Action £950.00

Let me know if you need anything else.


Kevin


(A GDP, or English Pound, is about $1.57 currently ...Biebs)

Holy hell Batman thats some serious coin for a rifle! I've been known to drop 4 or 5 on a beauty or an over and under but that rifle isn't playing around! Whew.

The WR above was definitely in the WR catalog, circa mid to late '90's, but not later than '98 with the same background. I don't know the origin of the digital version, but I had the catalog way back then and I remember which house I lived in. I picked up the catalog at the SHOT show in Atlanta (I think).

definitely gun porn, and something a man could enjoy just fondling, errrr holding in his lap with a good Cuban and some Single Malt.

Rich