CORRECT THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN TO COMMENTS
Bill: I told my wife last night, I bet Bill [she remembers your kind scope offers] will know who it is!
Did you see it, while on auction? What do you think... care to guess approx. years of mfg. 1970's-1980's? I think the scope, if original is a giveaway. I figured the going prices of the checkered trapdoor buttplate, the Zeiss scope, and the engraving [floorplate, triggerguard, grip cap] alone, on the open market lately, damn near was worth 2/3 or more of what I paid, and I am being conservative.
A friend of mine, who collects nothing but Biesens said; since Al quit making rifles and his health is not the best, he rarely sees a rifle, even in well used condition for under $6000-$7000, and more and more are at $9000. The scary part is, this is without engraving and he said .270's [the Jack O'Connor mystique/connection are bringing a premium...go figure!] The reason I bought it was, I had been lusting for a good one for my collection and while I concentrate on pre-war rifles the immediate post war guys Len Brownell and Biesen have both appealed to me more than others. A guy from Billings, who hunted with me at my place in Shawmut MT., had a nice but rather pedestrian rifle, AL built for someone on an austere budget, and we tried to work a deal out but could not, he wanted more for his, than I paid for this one! Bill I value your opinion, tell me the good and the bad, but my years of experience tell me that at a tad over $3000 I got a good deal...what say you? TIA Jerry
