TOW poser jaeger rifle

[tg]

"The only real question is "Is it worth over 6 grand?".

If and when someone buys it then it is worth the asking price.

 

[Dphar]

"The only real question is "Is it worth over 6 grand?".

If and when someone buys it then it is worth the asking price.

Sure. It will sell.
Low pay for the time spent is why its so hard to make it as a ML rifle maker. A skilled craftsman should at least be able to make a living.

Dan

 

[cptleo1]

This is a years work @ 40 hrs a week

different builder.

These guys aren't doing this stuff just to keep in practice - there is a market for this level of quality

 

Old Trapper,

There's also a German double in that book that went to TX with a German immigrant.

I won't even comment on the cost question other than to say that Ron Scott is an artisan who is in a different class than most builders. It would be like saying, why buy a Bentley when you could just as easily drive a Dodge Neon.

Sean

 

[wulf]

A friend on mine sold one for $20,000 and a second one for $19,000. and I thought he gave them
away....If I could post pics I would of the $19.K
because that is the only one i have pics of..Any
one interested? I will send emails and you can post them for me....???

 

[cptleo1]

E-mail me the pictures I will be glad to post em for ya.

I am currently working in a Jaeger for myself and am always looking for ideas.

Leo

 

[Gary]

Ron's rifles can go higher - depending on what you want on it. He offers classes on stockcarving if you're anywhere near Medford, Oregon.

 

[cptleo1]

Pictures for WULF

 

[wulf]

Thanks for posting for me cptleo...

 

[wulf]

I thought this post would explain how some works
of art can sell for what we think are very high
prices...I guess no one reads down this far so much has gotten lost....Too bad.

 

[Okwaho]

Wht you would be buying here is a high quality German hunting rifle of the type carried by a Jaeger{hunter}in the 18th and early 19th centuries.Other than the barrel and the assembled lock.the remainder of the furniture is likely hand made and chiseled.This type of mounts isn't cheap and the wood alone probably ran better than $300.00.Ron's workmanship is truly great and you are paying for that plus his experience in building such a superb gun. What we are seeing in guns of this type are art forms of varying degrees of quality.I recently saw a contemporary Kentucky rifle which was absolutely the finest contemporary gun I have ever seen and a gun I believe would have been fairly priced at $12,000 to $15,000. With guns such as this one is truly buying art rather than guns.This is not to say that all custom guns are great art but many are.Remember too that the definition of "fair market value" is a willing seller with mo compulsion to sell and a willing buyer with no compulsion to buy or in other words whatever someone is willing to pay to someone willing to sell.

Another point to consider is that with many old guns bringing $50,000 to $150.000, a comparable contemporary gun priced at $6,000 to $10,000 by a top maker doesn't seem out of line.
Tom Patton

 

[Mike Brooks]

I thought this post would explain how some works
of art can sell for what we think are very high
prices...I guess no one reads down this far so much has gotten lost....Too bad.

I thnk Tom Patton has the subject pretty well covered here. I usually avoid this kind of subject these days as I tire of hearing how I'm over paid and you can get the same thing for $900 elsewhere.

 

[Mike Brooks]

Don't mean to hijack this thread,just wanted to show another of Ron's Jeagers.
I have the "working class model"

Ron really knows how to build a good rifle.
Cheers Teach

This is an english rifle.

 

[Teach]

Ron's described my rifle as a "Jeager" with "English influence" His rendition of a German immigrant gunbuilder in the 1700's
He had the "Poser" with him at the Monroe Wash. BP fair.
The drool marks are probably still on his rifle.
Cheers Teach.

 

[Handy]

Georgous!!!!

There is a Jaeger at the "House on the Rock" museum in WI...Have no idea of it's history though.

The House on the rock has a real nice Antique gun showcase that runs down a hallway from floor to ceiling behind glass panels, worth the price of admission alone if your an antique gun nut.

Handy

 

[Mike Brooks]

Georgous!!!!

There is a Jaeger at the "House on the Rock" museum in WI...Have no idea of it's history though.

The House on the rock has a real nice Antique gun showcase that runs down a hallway from floor to ceiling behind glass panels, worth the price of admission alone if your an antique gun nut.

Handy

Those are all made out of plaster of paris.....

 

[jbg]

All I can say is it's a good thing it is left handed, or I might be on the phone with Capitol One right now looking to increase my credit limit.

 

[Greenmtnboy]

the lock is on the right side for me!!!!!!!!!!
I have been drooling over this dang rifle sence Track posted it.
The old lady said I could buy it (aint she sweet) only if I diden't mind being broke and divorced
:shocked2:

 

[Swampman]

I appreciate it, but it's not something I would really want. I much prefer plain.