WTF? Really? Custom W Mk3 at auction.

[Geezer]

https://auctions.holtsauctioneers.co...166968&image=8

What the heck is this thing? Any ideas on provenance? And does anyone think it’s worth £500 + fees?

[Troubledshooter]

Someone has certainly put a lot of time, effort and money into that rifle, and I wonder what they have done to the internals.
Whether it's worth the estimated price will be determined if it sells.

[AC all day]

It looks an interesting piece, just don't like the Beech? cheek piece on a walnut stock it looks well odd... Might have had internal work as its got a different trigger mech??
Would be nice to know its history....

[WILBA]

Stunning quality. The cheek piece looks out of place though on a otherwise stunning stock. Lots of love has been lavished on her over time thats plain to see.

[oldcurmudgeon]

This particular rifle appeared in an auction earlier this year and was sold for £250. It's got a custom lefthand stock with with added cheekpiece.the fact that it's at auction at Holt's means to me that it's been put up by a chancer.
£250 max.

[trajectory]

Someone's spent a bit of time on it but that cheek piece!?!?
Wonder how it's fixed on as the stock itself looks well made & finished & it might be a pity to see it marked beneath so I suppose a replacement cheek piece out of a decent bit of timber might be a way round, it scope mounts look moderately high so I guess one might be of help, but can't help thinking its a shame it wasn't incorporated in the custom stock in the first place.

[Josie & John]

This particular rifle appeared in an auction earlier this year and was sold for £250. It's got a custom lefthand stock with with added cheekpiece.the fact that it's at auction at Holt's means to me that it's been put up by a chancer.
£250 max.

'orrible looking thing.

I agree with this post!

John

[Phil Russell]

This particular rifle appeared in an auction earlier this year and was sold for £250. It's got a custom lefthand stock with with added cheekpiece.the fact that it's at auction at Holt's means to me that it's been put up by a chancer.
£250 max.

Hmmm ... sold for £250 so cost the buyer about £250 + approx £80 commission = £330.
Seller now needs to recover £330. So hammer price needs to be at least £330 + seller's commission, say 30% = approx £430.

Hmmm. Good luck, but who knows, it might make more.
Cheers, Phil

[Hsing-ee]

https://auctions.holtsauctioneers.co...166968&image=8

What the heck is this thing? Any ideas on provenance? And does anyone think it’s worth £500 + fees?

Cylinder has a lovely 1" gouge in it and the wonky silver-soldered scope mounts remind me of a Yamaha FS1E I bought once for £25 that was held together with chickenshit weld & was completely out of true in six directions.

I think it's a monument to the aspirational Thatcher years, when you could buy an ex-local authority house directly from the local authority and then slap some really nice faux timber on it to give it that mock-Tudor Tyrolean look.

The neighbours would be so jealous they'd probably slit the rag roof of your second-hand Ford Escort XR3i Convertible.

In summary; recycle the metal as Chinese e-scooters, the wood as Belgian MDF. It's an abomination.

[Geezer]

Cylinder has a lovely 1" gouge in it and the wonky silver-soldered scope mounts remind me of a Yamaha FS1E I bought once for £25 that was held together with chickenshit weld & was completely out of true in six directions.

I think it's a monument to the aspirational Thatcher years, when you could buy an ex-local authority house directly from the local authority and then slap some really nice faux timber on it to give it that mock-Tudor Tyrolean look.

The neighbours would be so jealous they'd probably slit the rag roof of your second-hand Ford Escort XR3i Convertible.

In summary; recycle the metal as Chinese e-scooters, the wood as Belgian MDF. It's an abomination.

Welcome back - long time no see.