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I just noticed this gun a few days ago on Gunbroker. The last time I saw it the bid was around $18k. That wood stock is just homely! I don't understand why the bid is so high, even if this is serial number 1.Hornady was quick to point out that they aren't in the gun making business. It's a good thing they aren't. With that style the Hornady rifle would go the way of many of Thompson-Center's homely herd. Quick, Cheap, or Good: Pick Two | ||
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http://www.gunbroker.com/Aucti...em.aspx?Item=4589708 I have to agree, that is not the most attractive rifle I have seen lately.............. | |||
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"Sorry, but the item you have requested is no longer in the system." They must have been embarrassed. | |||
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I saw it as well. Made Rosie O'Donnell look good. "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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Oops, I didn't mean to hurt their feelings! There must be some other explanation............ | |||
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Its still on Gun Broker opening page. Listed under the heading of National Shooting Sports Foundation Charity Items..... | |||
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http://www.gunbroker.com/Aucti....aspx?Item=458970823 look at the grain flow through the underside of the wrist... is that good? it doesnt seem good... NRA Life Member Gun Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun. | |||
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I saw it on another site as well. I thought it was too ugly to own, but I thought I may have missed something as I recall some big name builders were involved. | |||
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I like the scope I found this bit a little "optimistic", but who knows. "The Hornady Number One" needs only auction for more than $136,014.00 to break the all-time SHOT Show Auction record set in 2013. Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | |||
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it's long been known that a Camel is a horse designed by a committee....  Actually it's quite unique.....I doubt that it'd sell very well if mass produced..... but beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder..... Hell....even Chelsey Clinton found a guy! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Whoever selected the wood had absolutely no idea of proper layout--I wouldn't have it if it was given to me. The stock design is ridiculous, IMNSHO, but then I like classic designs with real checkering. I don't think anyone on the team had a clue. Clarence | |||
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I think we are okay as it is a once off. | |||
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I like a Monte Carlo but that one is a little too long. Actually, it's a lot too long but so is the rifle. The scope is big and ugly too. With that big ugly scope, mounted high, they might as well have put an adjustable comb and bipod on the rifle. They could then have added a big, ugly bolt knob and ten round magazine and gone after the tacticool market. Regards, Bill | |||
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The engraving is nice. And the rifle has a ......err... distinctive style all its own. . | |||
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This is more an DESIGN-RIFLE, an "study", in the style: "what can we do..." Im sure the price will go high... But higher as 100.000 US dollars? I dont think so, but we will see! Maybe an Texas high-roller will buy this rifle (and Steve Hornady knows a lot of these gentleman)... Best wishes. The Big "B". | |||
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Yep, one could even say it is a big, steaming pile of distinctive... ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Eye bleach!!!!!! I just looked at it again. Some things can't be unseen!!! "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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Give me a Blaser at any day before that contraption... DRSS: HQ Scandinavia. Chapters in Sweden & Norway | |||
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It's like a bad car accident. You know you don't want to see it but you can't help but look. -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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That's why gunmaking and designing should be left to gunmakers, not machinists, not bullet makers and damn sure not gunwriters! | |||
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That stock is hideous! Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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I dunno, I kinda of like that square, straight edge on the cheekpiece. Looks like a handy place to tear sandpaper.  | |||
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It would look better if it was made from a bunch of Legos glued together.  "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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That looks like something TC would come up with. I'll bet even Biebs doesn't like this one! | |||
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looks like a design exercise........ My eyes hurt. It's OK Steve,...I'll still buy Hornady bullets. | |||
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So the action looks like a Howa clone. Which is what Nosler's M48 is. Don't get me wrong, the Howa/M48 is a great action, it just seems they would choose a different platform than their competition. Sent from my iPhone | |||
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that stock would gag a maggot on a gut wagon!  | |||
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So that's what the kid would look like if a M48 Nosler had sex with an art deco table leg. Good thing it is for charity I guess. Life itself is a gift. Live it up if you can. | |||
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Someone likes it. Bid is up to $25,750.00. I tried my hardest to envision myself paying even $1000.00 for that "rife" and I couldn't. The design is way, way off for my liking. Zeke | |||
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That rifles so ugly it'd make a freight train take a gravel road. | |||
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Ist over: $61,325.00 :-) | |||
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I really don't get this. Someone must have looked at that design and approved it. Why? Lot's of class - all low! | |||
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UGLY. And, about $60K over priced, and that's only because it' has a decent scope. | |||
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I saw this rifle at SHOT, and yes the stock was not what one might hope or expect. However it was meant to be "unique" not a classic or copy in form and that I believe it achieved.  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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