I recently had a lengthy phone conversation with a dealer who has had a very nice pre-WWI Westley Richards boxlock in 470 offered for sale on GI at what seemed to me to be forever. His asking price was and still is at just under $20k USD, which I think is about right, maybe a tad high. My interest was not in purchasing the rifle, but rather because I own a nearly identical rifle and was curious. His opinion was that there are so many choices in that price range and under from the continental makers that unless someone was into classics and perhaps nostalgia, they are probably going that route. My WR was built in 1914 and was made as a part of group sold to J. Lyon & Co. Ltd London (per a factory letter). I have owned several different European/Continental doubles but there is just something about the vintage Westley that stands out.
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