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Originally posted by Austin Hunter:
Why did they make the handle look like a converted military handle?

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Originally posted by Trax:
They are priced more accordingly the bespoke rifle market..... approx: US$5000-$6000

note:For H&H to just supply & install QD side mount option,its charged at: US$9500

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Originally posted by SR4759:
H&h must be one of the most poorly managed firms on the planet to charge $9500 for a QD side mount.

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Originally posted by SR4759:
H&h must be one of the most poorly managed firms on the planet to charge $9500 for a QD side mount.
My proof is in the photo below. The figure 8 shaped monolith is about 8 ft long and 3.5 feet wide. The plate blank is 8" thick. The purchase cost of that one part is about $20K. The tolerances, finishes and technology required to make that part far surpass anything H&H ever laid eyes on. I did some of the design work on that system and helped develop the most critical manufacturing processes.
If H&H made that system it would probably cost a hundred million dollars.

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Originally posted by Trax:
They are priced more accordingly the bespoke rifle market..... approx: US$5000-$6000

note:For H&H to just supply & install QD side mount option,its charged at: US$9500

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Originally posted by Heym SR20:
Was recently looking for office space in Mayfair - £2,000 per month for a desk for one person plus waste basket up in an attic. H&H are using similar real estate - 3mins walk away for their showroom, gun room etc, and rents at their Hammersmith factory won't be much lower.

But for H&H's clients price is not a factor. They are and have always been wealthy businessmen, aristocracy, princes, maharajahs, sheiks and nowadays popstars, football stars and film stars.

For most of us mere mortals H&H is an aspiration and best place to buy is 2nd hand. Leaving shotguns aside, their rifles are nothing more, and nothing less than well put together rifles based on a mauser action - originally military ones, but more recently prechtl or now Mayfair.

In terms of shooting ability and feel, not a lot between them, other British, European or American built rifles.

Dwaine Weibe's 450 Rigby, could easily be an H&H in terms of quality, ditto for Dorleac and a number of other very talented artists.

In Dicksons here in Edinburgh there is a beautiful built by an Italian, whose name escapes me, 7mm rem mag on a mauser action, with claw mounts and 1.5-6x42 Zeiss scope. In terms of build quality on a par with Any of the top British or other makers - certainly the equal of an H&H IMHO, but price tag of £3,500. It's mint condition and been on one hunt and shot one sheep.

I've also noticed how in the last five years, continental shotguns are now starting to hold and make good money. Ten years ago 2nd AyA side locks were cheap to buy, and box locks were being given away - now not a lot to choose between them and other English built guns.

Those Mayfair actions. The company has the same address as Medwell and Perrett I believe, but most importantly the handles are on the correct side. Something that Paul Mauser never did get right.