double rifles

[kwmpa]

Im looking for a new double rifle in .416 Rigby for around a $1000 do any of youguys know of companies producing one?

[GRIZ]

Not for $1000. You need to spend a lot more for a double rifle that has the barrels properly regulated. You may want to reconsider caliber also. Last I looked, 416 Rigby goes about $7-10 a round for factory ammo. The brass is very expensive also.

[knight0334]

$1000???? I dont mean to laugh, but... . BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!

There are none. The only sub-$1K double rifles are the Kodiak's, a couple mid grade Italian, and the cheapo Russians. All of which are standard chambers for North America(30-06, 45-70, etc, etc).

All the rest go for starting of $5K-$10K, again starting price, for safari grade chamberings like the rigby.

[kwmpa]

thanks for the info...I found a field grade used Beretta 455 for $1300

[Pete D.]

If you have found a 455 Express rifle in .416 Rigby for $1300. Run and buy it. That would be the deal of a lifetime. The MSRP for a new gun is $36,000 for the field grade rifle.
Pete

[kwmpa]

that's the current msrp for a premium grade with engraving...field grades aren't nearly that expensive....they do start at the $5000 mark for a bare bones nothing gun...but the prices rack up quickly....I have a buddy who works at the beretta gun room in NYC who tracked this one down for me...the gun I found was made in 1990 which is first year production....price on a field grade then was $2173....im looking at the pricingguide from 90 rightnow....the guns aren't nearly they quality they are today and the one im getting need some work....it has been abused....

[Pete D.]

that's the current msrp for a premium grade with engraving...field grades aren't nearly that expensive....they do start at the $5000 mark for a bare bones nothing gun...but the prices rack up quickly....I have a buddy who works at the beretta gun room in NYC who tracked this one down for me...the gun I found was made in 1990 which is first year production....price on a field grade then was $2173....im looking at the pricingguide from 90 rightnow....the guns aren't nearly they quality they are today and the one im getting need some work....it has been abused....

Buy the gun. You seem to have an in on it's history. I took the MSRP from Gun Digest 2005. It was the less expensive model. The other model - the 455EELL, described as the engraved model - was listed by GD at $47K.
Hopefully, the work needed will be at the 1990 price.
good luck with it. I have a Rizzini 90L express in 30-06. I bought it used (barely) and paid a lot more than what you are being offered. Nice.
Pete

[crakkajakka15]

if your going to get one get one in a .700 nitro express or .557 t-rex

[knight0334]

WoW! $1300 for even a beater is a steal.

No need for you to bother playing the lotto, you just used up all your luck right there.