Purdey Question #2
 

A recent Purdey question inspired me.

Hence, Purdey Question #2.

I handled one years ago, and what a shotgun!

Never thought one might be an option, but with the recent slide in double shotgun prices, especially 12 ga, one might be on the horizon.

When do you think might be the time to buy? Now? 5 years? 10 years? Etc. E.g., when might this market bottom?

Then, where to buy? Seems probably cheaper to buy domestically, than import from the UK, even if used. I wouldn’t even consider new.

And I guess some refurbishment is okay. Not what I would like, but it seems okay with British shotguns oddly. And even more oddly, it even seems okay with Parker shotguns! I prefer factory original even if worn, but am open to any thoughts from the Parker community.

Any other thoughts?

Time to buy is today. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. I am not convinced, considering some of the last few auctions, that prices are declining. At least not for nice original guns.

I meant that double shotguns are declining and ever less popular.

I think condition is bringing as much of a premium as it ever did if not more . But I also think run of the mill condition wise guns may not be a hot ticket item as perhaps they were a few years back .

The people that covet these things are steadily getting older and leaving this world , so yes the market may becoming narrower .

That’s my mindset. I’m guessing I’m younger than the average Purdey owner.

I bought mine after a li

I bought mine after a lifetime of wanting one wish I had done it 10 years sooner. With that said buy the best you can afford, yes they are built very well but they all wear out sooner or later. Never know when another pandemic may show up an really slow things down. Del Whitman worked on mine and he does exceptional work all the best jeff

The great fallacy is that British guns are worth as much refinished as original unlike American guns which only have high value when in original high condition. The truth is that British guns are worth much more when in high original condition than when in ground down refinished condition. No matter where a gun was made, a high condition original gun is always worth more, much more than a ground down gun.

I chased my dream Purdey for fifty years, let a half dozen great guns slip by either because I was too slow or the gun was too expensive. Then, a few years ago, the perfect Purdey appeared in a gun store just a few miles from my home. It had every feature I could have wanted and in high condition. To add a final feature, it was cheap, way cheap. I could have had a very acceptable Purdey years earlier, but it didn't matter. I now have the perfect example I have waited for. I would like to have some of the ones I missed, and I will try to own them if I have the chance, but they will be more than I would pay. I have my eye on the perfect mate for my Purdey, but it is priced $40,000 higher than mine cost. I will never own this second gun.