doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles @ doublegunshop.com Pick a pre-war Maker.

I hate to ask this question, but I'm going to do it anyway. It might actually matter one day, if you guys keep posting these sorts of pictures.

I know nothing about bolt rifles. I'm a single-shot guy through and through. But just suppose I was to walk through a gun show in two weeks time and see an 03 that has been sporterized. Perhaps by some unknown person. Nothing fancy, just tastefully done with a nice receiver sight and ordinary checkering, unengraved, etc. Are these $500 rifles? $1000 rifles? $2000 rifles? I really haven't a clue. I'm sure that many those on this board are running at much taller prices, but I'm not going to leap for the creme-de-la-creme.

I'm not a collector, I am a shooter who simply appreciates old rifles. And maybe someday I'll appreciate old bolt rifles enough to buy one, but when that will happen, might depend on how much the cost, more or less.

It could happen - I've even thought of buying a black rifle once or twice. Then I got over it and bought another single shot. A sporterized 03 at the right time, place and price would have a lot better chance of taking me down.