Guns and cost

[soreshoulder]

now im not 'hating' against people with EELL and blaser e.t.c im sure if i had the money i would probably have some very expensive guns but i have 4 shotguns and an air rifle. I have managed some cracking deals on guns but are these really expensive guns worth the money?

 

i have a beretta 686 - which i would'nt class as a 'cheap' gun but i also would'nt class it as a very expensive gun because it was £500.

 

now all of my other guns i have acquired have all come to under the value of my one beretta, so you ask yourself the question 'was it worth spending £500 on a gun when i could have 4?'

 

what do you think?

[shaun4860]

now im not 'hating' against people with EELL and blaser e.t.c im sure if i had the money i would probably have some very expensive guns but i have 4 shotguns and an air rifle. I have managed some cracking deals on guns but are these really expensive guns worth the money?

 

i have a beretta 686 - which i would'nt class as a 'cheap' gun but i also would'nt class it as a very expensive gun because it was £500.

 

now all of my other guns i have acquired have all come to under the value of my one beretta, so you ask yourself the question 'was it worth spending £500 on a gun when i could have 4?'

 

what do you think?

 

 

yes,

 

Im not a gun snob but i can feel the quality/fit/usability of a better quality gun compared to the cheaper ones.

 

I started with a Baikal and after much faffing about, got it to fit me quite well and i could shoot quite well with it.

 

However it did not "feel" like a quality gun.....now if the question would have been "could you spend £1000s on a 687EELL compared to a standard 687" then maybe not as its just asthetics.....

 

But i must admit i like the "look" of a quality gun....maybe its just me.....

 

shaun

[weejase]

I only rough shoot and decoy, so no need for anything fancy for me

 

I like to have a gun that I don`t mind sitting In the mud and getting the odd scratch whilst clambering over fences.

 

I use a £100 lanber btw, It Is light and shoots great

 

jase.

[Ozzy Fudd]

horses for courses, same as cars - if you want something expensive go for it

 

would i buy an expensive gun? rifle yes, shotgun no chance. my shotguns get alot of use and abuse, id be crying if i scraped or dinged a £1000+ gun. when i got my old s/s done up, got it reblued, few dings taken out, etc, cost over £200. first day out i dropped it, put two dents on the side and several large scrapes never again B)

Edited May 20, 2010 by Ozzy Fudd

[silverhawk]

My mate had a brand new £5000 shotgun he took it clay shooting shouted pull and fired both shots when he opened the gun the pins stayed out and got snapped off $.I went to pick up a brand new eell beretta for £3250 well thats what they went for 3year ago, and when looking it had rust on the action and it was still in its packaging too so i settled for a silverpigeon £2000 cheaper and no problems.My dad brought a shotgun in 1983 and used it till 1998 with no problems and that was only £100 still i supose back then it was like spending a £1000

[adam1]

I got talking to one of my local rfd's a few months ago and he mentioned an old baikal o/u dt ne he had laying about in the back that no one would want even though it was in totally serviceble order, how much asks I as I only had a semi auto at the time and fancied trying an o/u, £25 he replied but wouldnt let me pay him untill i'd taken it and tried it to make sure i liked it, its sat in my cabinet now and there it'll stay, I really enjoy shooting with it and shoot better with it than i did with the s/a. did a few clays with some mates a few days after getting it they were all telling me how bad it would be but after while they were all wanting another go kids

A short while after that i got offered another Baikal this time a twin barrel set s/t ejector for £100 now the s/a is a thing of the past and there is no new shotties expected as these do all i ask perfectly well, pretty they're not but i'm more a function over form man.

I have nothing against people spending the same money on their guns as many here can spend on their cars but please dont try to tell us its neccessary and please dont look down your noses at those who shoot much cheaper guns as many who do are just as serious if not more so about their shooting than many of the big buck guys.

Edited May 20, 2010 by adam1

[Lez325]

Cheap or expensive - they all do the same thing

 

Les

[George1990]

I love my guns so if I had the money I would get an expensive one - they are made better, look better and usually handle batter, hence the higher price.

 

I paid £540 for two shotguns, both will last a loooong time. They have to look nice though - why would I want to spend lots of money on something I can't look at?

[Dekers]

Its worth what the purchaser is prepared to pay for it, nobody else can assess a guns worth!

[Chard]

If I had the money (which I don't), I would spend about £4500 on something like a DT10 or Blaser F3.

 

No point spending more, these two guns are proven quality, well-balanced clay shooting guns.

 

Anybody who thinks they could shoot hundreds of catridges in a day at clays with a £50 Baikal and still be in top concentration mode is talking out of their harris.

 

Not that I give a toss what they think really.

 

Horses for courses, make your choice and let others make theirs. I don't give a **** what other people shoot, as long as they keep it out of my face

[adam1]

Its worth what the purchaser is prepared to pay for it, nobody else can assess a guns worth!

What a statment, I do like common sence

[MC]

I have several guns from a Blaser F3 to a Baikal O/U and they all have their uses, however the F3 is worth it's price tag as the balance and handling is second to none.

 

Also my rifles vary from a Ruger 10/22 to a custom built 7.62 target rifle costing several thousand pounds. They all have their place and each have their own job.

 

Personally I would rather have one decent gun than 4 cheap ones.

[ST3V3]

in my opinion if you want to spend thousands on a gun that your choice I paid £100 for a lanber fixed 1/4 & 1/2 non ejector (saves having to catch the carts)

I treated my self when I got my fac brought a new cz 452 style .22lr scope and mod for £450 (last of the big spenders me )

then to fill mt c/f slot I found a bargin priced cz527 in .222 with a 19" barrel for the extortionate sum of £50 put a bushnell blazer 3x9x50 scope on it that cost me a case of stella (half of which I drank) and last night picked up a brand new jls stalker modfor it for the pricely sum of £40 so in total £110 this shoots 1/2" groups at 100 yards with home loads (maybe room for improvement with my home loads)

all of my guns do what there ment to if they get bashed or break oh well if I cant fix them then so be it i'll replace them

[MC]

The biggest issue with a cheap gun is they will not last, they are built to a cost. I have put nearly 4000 cartridges through my F3 this year alone. I have had it for 4 years and it has had about 30,000 cartridges through it and there is nothing wrong with it.

 

Most cheap guns would be falling apart at less than half that ammount of shots.

 

My target rifle is built to perform, you may get 1/2" groups of a bipod and rest but I shoot freehand with only a sling for support and at distnaces from 300 to 1000 yards.

[Redgum]

I had a Browning twevette I think it was called, anyhow it was a semi auto with a 3/4 choke barrel and was given to me by my father as he was going to scrap it. It never jammed and I shot 100's of pigeons with it, it fitted like a glove but the old saying, ' you don't know what you've got till its gone' came true here. I sold it for £180 to finance the purchase of a new Browning 525 grade 2 as my mate had just bought a new gun. I love my browning but its never been quite as special as my old auto.

[ST3V3]

My target rifle is built to perform, you may get 1/2" groups of a bipod and rest but I shoot freehand with only a sling for support and at distnaces from 300 to 1000 yards.

 

I never mentioned a bipod which wasnt used in my case (to tight to buy 1 ) like I said it does the job as does your target rifle which without a doubt will shoot straighter than my £110 hack (no offence intended) but its horses for courses I wouldnt dream of using my hack for competion shooting but for dropping a fox or long range rabbit works for me