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Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:47 pm
by PaulR
joe wrote:mag41uk wrote:The Smith from merkle is about £3k.
I asked one of the owners at my club last sunday.
He also said that didn't include the flights etc going over there for a "fitting".
Tony
£3K for f*** shake!! talking about pulling down your pants and bending over !
£3K isn't too bad considering. Back in the early 1990s I paid £700 to have my standard S&W 686 modified by Southern Guns to be converted into a competition pistol. It was called a Piranha. So with the cost of the donor pistol included that worked out to around £1000.
My pistol was as good as the German offering (although they weren't around back then) and was a precision bit of kit.
So if you work on that cost, add in 20+ years inflation, I guess it's what you would expect to pay £3000 for this sort of workmanship.
I belong to the same club as Tony and can vouch for the quality of the German pistols, they both look more or less the same as my old one (now part of a drain cover
) with a similar spec, but with an ugly wrist brace extension out of the butt and a much longer barrel.
Just my opinion.............
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:35 pm
by NoEntry
Would either of your clubmates consider some photos of their guns??
Mike
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:55 pm
by PaulR
NoEntry wrote:Would either of your clubmates consider some photos of their guns??
Mike
I'm sure it won't be a problem, one of the guys is a photographer, he'll probably have some already, I'll ask.
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:50 am
by PaulR
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:01 pm
by NoEntry
Very very nice.
Is it just me or does it appear as if it's shorter than the Taurus?
Do you know if it's a full length barrel or a smooth bore extension?
Mike
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:07 pm
by John MH
That is actually quite nice in a perverse kind of way. How much are these?
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:29 pm
by phaedra1106
Is it just me or is that barrel seriously Fugly??
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:48 pm
by PaulR
John MH wrote:That is actually quite nice in a perverse kind of way. How much are these?
About £3K.
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:24 pm
by judders
phaedra1106 wrote:Is it just me or is that barrel seriously Fugly??
Nope, not just you.
Re: smith & wesson LBR
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:39 pm
by Sandgroper
John MH wrote:That is actually quite nice in a perverse kind of way. How much are these?
Agreed - but at 3K it loses its appeal somewhat, plus it would be worth more than all my rifles together!
