Does anyone here shoot a Purdey?
Purdey
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No, but I got to hold a beautiful James Purdey rifle a few years ago at the Wannamaker gun show in Tulsa. 
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@OkieStubble , Any chance you are a size 46?
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I have never run across a Purdy. On the other hand, about 15-18 years ago my wife and I went over to Dallas to their Safari Club show. There I handled beautiful fully engrave with some outline gold inlays Mauser light safari rifle, by light I mean a .375 H&H, I was standing there admiring it and the gentleman manning the display said pick it up and really look it over. I commented that I could never afford such a work of art and he said go ahead and look, so I did.No, but I got to hold a beautiful James Purdey rifle a few years ago at the Wannamaker gun show in Tulsa.
I used to go over to Chaddicks gunshop in Terrell, Tx. The last time I was there Mr Chaddick was not there and his right hand man said go ahead and look around. Now this is a closed door shop, you really need and appointment to get in. While there, no one bothering or looking at us, but I suspect there were cameras and moniters in the back, I picked up one Parker A-1 that at the time had a price tag of 235,000, and another just under that, then several Fox guns in the $40,000 range. I ended up purchasing a little 28ga Darne, a sliding breech double, made in France , that day.
Great story! $235,000! Crazy! I don’t think I could ever bring myself to shoot a $235,000 firearm, much less take it out and hunt with it.
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@nortac can you fit a 46 vest?
Yes, but I'm not really a shotgun guy. $435 for a vest? Wow!
If I recall correctly, one of the old guys I shoot skeet with was using a Purdey this past summer. To be honest, I didn't know what it was when he told me nor how much it was worth.
@Shakey-and-twitchy , perhaps you should offer your vest at the next B&B charity auction.
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I paid about $5.00 or less at Goodwill.
so if anyone wants it it will Be free. Conus
so put your I want it and I will pick a number or it will go to the homeless shelter at Christmas.
so if anyone wants it it will Be free. Conus
so put your I want it and I will pick a number or it will go to the homeless shelter at Christmas.
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Yes, and the fact that everything was on open racks for the customer in the store was free to pick up and handle any of the guns.Great story! $235,000! Crazy! I don’t think I could ever bring myself to shoot a $235,000 firearm, much less take it out and hunt with it.
Thanks for the generous offer, but he's a little guy. I'd guess about a 40-42.
I had a very well-to-do client who had a Purdey 12ga o/u. He let me shoot it during a round of sporting clays. Absolutely beautiful gun. The quality and craftsmanship is beyond anything I've ever shot.
But I shot my cheap Lanber just as well.
But I shot my cheap Lanber just as well.
I know a guy at my job that would love it.
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Vest is spoken for.
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