What Would You Do with a Purdey/Russian?

CurlyQ.Howard · April 7, 2013, 04:53 PM

If you have $30,000 or more to spare for a Russian made shotgun and are up for a trip to London, clear your calendar for April 17th.
http://ruvr.co.uk/2013_03_15/Russian...p-for-auction/

BigD_in_FL · April 7, 2013, 06:51 PM

Sorry, it is still a Russian POS...........
$30,000 is about half a new Purdey that is not heavily engraved
for that, I could get several bespoke Spanish guns made to my requirements

rcase1234 · April 7, 2013, 09:28 PM

If I had one I would sell it... I couldn't possibly see using a gun like that. Too nice to use and ridiculous to even have a gun worth $30,000 IMO.

PetahW · April 8, 2013, 03:33 PM

What drivel - a bunch of Purdey history, for a shotgun not made by Purdey, only one done in the Purdey style - and by anonymous Russians, at that !

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BigJimP · April 8, 2013, 03:42 PM

Its not a Purdy ...its a knock-off gift to a politician ...made in Russia...supposedly to Purdy's specs...( maybe )....

No, its not worth that kind of money....if I wanted to spend $ 30K on a shotgun it would be on a Kolar or Krieghoff Over Under...and I'd get 60 times the gun of this Russian knock-off..../ $ 30K will buy a mid-grade O/U from either Kolar or Krieghoff....with the options I'd want.

If I wanted a Side by Side....it would be a Krieghoff Essencia...
http://www.krieghoff.com/index.php/h...encia-game-gun

Here's an Essencia for sale at $ 26,000....
http://www.gunsinternational.com/KRI...n_id=100235744

Dreaming100Straight · April 10, 2013, 09:56 PM

What would I do with a purty Russian? We used to chant a cadence that went like this, "If I die on the Russian front, bury me with a Russian #@$#." We loved those purty Russians.

CurlyQ.Howard · April 11, 2013, 01:58 AM

With a Russian aunt? What you got against uncles?

BigD_in_FL · April 11, 2013, 03:22 PM

After all, they both look alike!....

To keep this ON topic, as mentioned, if it wasn't made BY Purdey in their English shop by their craftsmen, it simply isn't a Purdey.

In Spain, both AyA and Arrizabalaga make Spanish copies of the Holland and Holland - one to the point the parts interchange. Yet, it is NOT a H&H, and their prices reflect that fact.

CurlyQ.Howard · April 11, 2013, 06:56 PM

After all, they both look alike!.... Pretty good, BigDinFL!

April 7, 2013, 04:53 PM	#1
CurlyQ.Howard Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2012 Posts: 280	What Would You Do with a Purdey/Russian? If you have $30,000 or more to spare for a Russian made shotgun and are up for a trip to London, clear your calendar for April 17th. http://ruvr.co.uk/2013_03_15/Russian...p-for-auction/

April 7, 2013, 06:51 PM	#2
BigD_in_FL Junior member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: The "Gunshine State" Posts: 1,981	Sorry, it is still a Russian POS........... $30,000 is about half a new Purdey that is not heavily engraved for that, I could get several bespoke Spanish guns made to my requirements

April 7, 2013, 09:28 PM	#3
rcase1234 Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 407	If I had one I would sell it... I couldn't possibly see using a gun like that. Too nice to use and ridiculous to even have a gun worth $30,000 IMO.

April 8, 2013, 03:33 PM	#4
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 4,678	What drivel - a bunch of Purdey history, for a shotgun not made by Purdey, only one done in the Purdey style - and by anonymous Russians, at that ! .

April 8, 2013, 03:42 PM	#5
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Its not a Purdy ...its a knock-off gift to a politician ...made in Russia...supposedly to Purdy's specs...( maybe ).... No, its not worth that kind of money....if I wanted to spend $ 30K on a shotgun it would be on a Kolar or Krieghoff Over Under...and I'd get 60 times the gun of this Russian knock-off..../ $ 30K will buy a mid-grade O/U from either Kolar or Krieghoff....with the options I'd want. If I wanted a Side by Side....it would be a Krieghoff Essencia... http://www.krieghoff.com/index.php/h...encia-game-gun Here's an Essencia for sale at $ 26,000.... http://www.gunsinternational.com/KRI...n_id=100235744

April 10, 2013, 09:56 PM	#6
Dreaming100Straight Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2013 Posts: 1,235	What would I do with a purty Russian? We used to chant a cadence that went like this, "If I die on the Russian front, bury me with a Russian #@$#." We loved those purty Russians.

April 11, 2013, 01:58 AM	#7
CurlyQ.Howard Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2012 Posts: 280	With a Russian aunt? What you got against uncles?

April 11, 2013, 03:22 PM	#8
BigD_in_FL Junior member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: The "Gunshine State" Posts: 1,981	After all, they both look alike!.... To keep this ON topic, as mentioned, if it wasn't made BY Purdey in their English shop by their craftsmen, it simply isn't a Purdey. In Spain, both AyA and Arrizabalaga make Spanish copies of the Holland and Holland - one to the point the parts interchange. Yet, it is NOT a H&H, and their prices reflect that fact.

April 11, 2013, 06:56 PM	#9
CurlyQ.Howard Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2012 Posts: 280	After all, they both look alike!.... Pretty good, BigDinFL!