Here is the situation.
I have two guns...Well actually two barreled actions and wood.
One is a Ruger Number one safari gun in 375HH Mag with a very nice English Walnut rough milled stock blank and forend
The second is an Anzchultz .22LR model 61 heavy barrel target action with a nice fancy figure walnut stock
Here is my problem. I need to decide If I am better off selling the barrelled actions and stocks, finish them out and sell them or engrave finish etc. and sell them.
I have no use for the Ruger #1. I bought this and the wood when I first started engraving with the intention of engraving it, finishing it out and use it for a show piece. At this point I am not real excited about finishing it out, but....... at the same time I have some money tied up in it and would like to move it.
Being a rimfire man I wanted the Anschultz .22 for myself and I originally intended to engrave it with squirrel hunting scenes and keep it. I have the wood fitted, it is glass bedded, the barrel is floated and I have shot it. It is that close to being finished as a gun although not engraved yet. All it really needs now is a butt plate fitted and a good sanding and stock finish. The problem is the best groups I can get is about 3/8 at 50 yards. Compared to my other Anschultz that is very poor shooting and I am no longer interested in keeping the gun.
I guess this is the big question on these two guns. Would I be better off financially to:
On the Ruger
1. Sell the barrelled action and roughed out stock as it is
2. Finish out the gun and sell it.
On the Anschultz
1. Finish out the gun and sell it. Or trade it toward for a Volquartsen 17hmr
2. Engrave the gun to dress it up (not a full blown job like I had originally intended) and finish it out and sell it.
I really don't have a lot of time to engrave the ruger and I am not interested in doing that. That's why I have not listed that as an option. The surface on the 2 is small and would not take tins of time.
Oppinions? Suggestions?
Ray
I have two guns...Well actually two barreled actions and wood.
One is a Ruger Number one safari gun in 375HH Mag with a very nice English Walnut rough milled stock blank and forend
The second is an Anzchultz .22LR model 61 heavy barrel target action with a nice fancy figure walnut stock
Here is my problem. I need to decide If I am better off selling the barrelled actions and stocks, finish them out and sell them or engrave finish etc. and sell them.
I have no use for the Ruger #1. I bought this and the wood when I first started engraving with the intention of engraving it, finishing it out and use it for a show piece. At this point I am not real excited about finishing it out, but....... at the same time I have some money tied up in it and would like to move it.
Being a rimfire man I wanted the Anschultz .22 for myself and I originally intended to engrave it with squirrel hunting scenes and keep it. I have the wood fitted, it is glass bedded, the barrel is floated and I have shot it. It is that close to being finished as a gun although not engraved yet. All it really needs now is a butt plate fitted and a good sanding and stock finish. The problem is the best groups I can get is about 3/8 at 50 yards. Compared to my other Anschultz that is very poor shooting and I am no longer interested in keeping the gun.
I guess this is the big question on these two guns. Would I be better off financially to:
On the Ruger
1. Sell the barrelled action and roughed out stock as it is
2. Finish out the gun and sell it.
On the Anschultz
1. Finish out the gun and sell it. Or trade it toward for a Volquartsen 17hmr
2. Engrave the gun to dress it up (not a full blown job like I had originally intended) and finish it out and sell it.
I really don't have a lot of time to engrave the ruger and I am not interested in doing that. That's why I have not listed that as an option. The surface on the 2 is small and would not take tins of time.
Oppinions? Suggestions?
Ray