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Swarovski no longer makes the z8 1-8x24 with the 30mm tube diameter. Now they just make the 34mm tube which is ugly and you cannot get best gun rings in 34mm from many makers.

Ebay has a $3800 new old stock 30mm tube z8 1-8x24. I don't know the seller, but the price is good. These will be as valuable as the 1-6x24 EEs in the years ahead.

 
rookhawk said:
Swarovski no longer makes the z8 1-8x24 with the 30mm tube diameter. Now they just make the 34mm tube which is ugly and you cannot get best gun rings in 34mm from many makers.

Ebay has a $3800 new old stock 30mm tube z8 1-8x24. I don't know the seller, but the price is good. These will be as valuable as the 1-6x24 EEs in the years ahead.

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Rookhawk - The price using the link is showing $2999.95
 
rookhawk said:
I would say a 318WR caliber no-name or utility grade rifle is actually a detriment to desirability.

When you think of meteoric prices for vintage guns, it is the story of the caliber's feats coupled with it being an exceptional prime example. 275 Rigby, 333 Jeff, 350 Rigby, 318WR, 400/450 Rigby, 240 apex, 275 Holland...they better built by a very highly regarded maker and they better have built in the common-use timeframe of that caliber.

Buying a $2000 no-name 318WR only to scrounge for months or years to find $2000 of dies, bullets, brass to shoot said rifle is unpleasant and the juice just isn't worth the squeeze when a 338/06 is ballistically the same exact thing and requires nowhere near the costs nor fuss.

Disclaimer: I love 318s and I've owned 318s. I intend to own more 318s, but they will be Westley Richards made rifles.
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I’d love to learn more about a 400/450 Rigby
 
318AE said:
I’d love to learn more about a 400/450 Rigby
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I think you mean the 400/350 Rigby, also known as the 400/350 Nitro Express. It was made by necking down a 400 purdey.

The 400/350 paved the way to the rimless 350 Rigby. There is also a 350 Rigby #2 (flanged/rimmed) but I cannot stipulate in what ways a 350#2 differed from a 400/350 Rigby.

In recent years, the 450 Rigby was created which is very similar to a 460 Weatherby in performance.
 
rookhawk said:
I think you mean the 400/350 Rigby, also known as the 400/350 Nitro Express. It was made by necking down a 400 purdey.

The 400/350 paved the way to the rimless 350 Rigby. There is also a 350 Rigby #2 (flanged/rimmed) but I cannot stipulate in what ways a 350#2 differed from a 400/350 Rigby.

In recent years, the 450 Rigby was created which is very similar to a 460 Weatherby in performance.
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I’m referring to the 400/450 Rigby in your post
 
318AE said:
I’m referring to the 400/450 Rigby in your post
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Oh, I'm an idiot that typo'd. Meant 400/350. The first number is always larger, the parent, the later is the necked down modification. E.g. 450/400.

I just asked AI what the difference is between a 400/350 and a 350 #2 because I didn't know. It says: 400/.350 Rigby Nitro Express and .350 Rigby No. 2 are essentially the same cartridge case with two substantially different original factory loadings. The .350 No. 2 was Rigby's 1908 modernization of the earlier 1899 .400/.350, substituting a lighter, faster bullet for the original heavy, relatively slow projectile.

Importantly, both are rimmed (flanged) cartridges. Neither should be confused with the rimless .350 Rigby Magnum.
 
That’s it exactly - they reduced the load from 310 to 225 gr. That early step ring that came up on a previous post was proofed 310 - meaning it was a very early gun. Few of those were made. Obviously they didn’t want people shooting 310gr loads in 225gr proofed guns, so the called it the No 2. I doubt either round put much stress on that magnum Mauser action.
 

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Good rifle for the money here - what appears to be a Firearms International-branded, and well-built FN Mauser-based post-war sporter in 270 Winchester with a vintage glossy Burris 3-9x scope for under 500 bucks. I really like the checkering on that stock, and with a little cleanup on the stock overall, I think it would really pop. If you back out a hundred bucks or so for the scope, a buyer will be getting a great rifle for just over 350. It's too bad I'm swimming in 270's and too many other projects. :)


Someone here needs to snag this. ;-)
 
cash_tx said:
Good rifle for the money here - what appears to be a Firearms International-branded, and well-built FN Mauser-based post-war sporter in 270 Winchester with a vintage glossy Burris 3-9x scope for under 500 bucks. I really like the checkering on that stock, and with a little cleanup on the stock overall, I think it would really pop. If you back out a hundred bucks or so for the scope, a buyer will be getting a great rifle for just over 350. It's too bad I'm swimming in 270's and too many other projects. :)


Someone here needs to snag this. ;-)
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I was initially skeptical of your post. 270Wins are dime a dozen. But I looked, and I completely agree that that is an EXCELLENT value and exceeds the quality of any other rifle inside a cabelas at 4x its pricepoint.

$400 gets a guy of simple means a very respectable rifle. Putting Talley rings and Bases on it for $100 would fix the only cheapo thing on the whole rifle, the lousy rings.
 
rookhawk said:
I was initially skeptical of your post. 270Wins are dime a dozen. But I looked, and I completely agree that that is an EXCELLENT value and exceeds the quality of any other rifle inside a cabelas at 4x its pricepoint.

$400 gets a guy of simple means a very respectable rifle. Putting Talley rings and Bases on it for $100 would fix the only cheapo thing on the whole rifle, the lousy rings.
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Believe me, I'm trying to stop my mind from spinning up ways to justify purchasing this thing just out of principle. It helps that I've already got an FN 1952 in 270 Win; otherwise, I would have already bought it. :-)
 
Put your mind at ease, Cash

It is coming to Texas, though. :cool:

Thanks for the heads up, and thank you @rookhawk for the evaluation.
 
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