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I'm a hunter/shooter myself, but I'm also a custom builder and in my mind, it is the action that holds the value. Just one guys view.
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It's a 450 Nitro Express.
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I'm a hunter/shooter myself, but I'm also a custom builder and in my mind, it is the action that holds the value. Just one guys view. Me too. Regards, Joe
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Does anyone else think .450 Nitro Express is too big a cartridge for this action? I went back to Winfer's British Single Shot Rifles Vol 4 and the examples there are all blackpowder cartridges ... .450 No.1, .577/450 Martini, .450 No.2 Musket. .500/450 No.1 Express, etc ...
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yes I do, but loaded to bpe specs or even nitro for black it would be fine.
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Someone named Axtell rebarreled it.
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Axtell made 1877 Sharps replicas. Not really very well. I know, I have one. Barreling was an issue.
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Pity - a fine britsh rifle that has been 'americanized' - making it a bit of a bastard. The underlever action is the early style, the later ones had a sidelever.
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Thanks for the input. My gunsmith says that the gun was rebarreled outside of Britain as there are no British proof marks and the barrel style is not British. He also thinks it was restocked. If that is true, would anyone hazard a guess on value? I would agree it has been re-barreled and restocked outside of Great Britain. As to value, well the action is worth anything between US$ 1500.00 to US$ 2,500.00 depending on condition, (not always to be seen in photographs). Ebony forend tips of that style are seldom seen on British made rifles. Harry.
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Unless you can find a customer that really likes the rifle in it's present condition,,to me it's a great action to build/restore the rifle to it's original form and nothing else.
The case they seem very proud of in the pics, and I don't know what the value of that would be to collectors. I'm not one.
The action if in good mechanical condition is probably a $1500 item to me w/o seeing it first hand. Looks polished and buffed out on the outside,,not that really tells you anything about the inner workings.
Hard to think of a classier single shot action/rifle to put time and labor into.
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