The most expensive gun I have ever shot!

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The great quality of these fine guns is that they make the memory of it much better than the actual experience. And that is much, much more important...

erm, wot happened with the sound design on this vid? it's like a cross between 2CΞLLOS & Jangle Dolewave .... kinda wanted to hear the shot

I visited south Audley st. on a trip to London and it was a lovely experience..got to fit a "try" gun and just take in some of the history about the place...not the German shrapnel imbedded in the walls as you enter the building.

I noticed you going into your natural gun holding position when talking of resting the open gun on our foot then realized what you were holding and thought better of it 😂 again nice chat about a beaut

the first gun you shoot is the most expensive...

Johnny those guns in the sun light are spot on

I cant be the only one thinking these are just not worth the money... I could have 10 extremely good shotguns for the price of one of these. They are not even that nice to look at. I really dislike the mottled or burnt look on the metal. It looks overly weathered. I could have a custom made Perrazi, a Kregoff, a DT11 etc and all for a fraction of the price of one of these. And 18 months build time for essentially a gun that has not changed in a 100 years... I just dont see the draw of these guns personally.

Gimme that SxS side lock!!!

Had a friend 30 yrs ago, he worked for Purdeys. He made the stock. Each employee specialises on each section of the gun. After a few years he got a good offer from Holland and Holland and took it

Gorgeous! Both of them.

Can you get them with colour coded extended chokes.😆😈

But does it balance on the pin like a Yildiz?

Any more than 500 for a double barrel is too rich for my tastes. Like to see what you think of a Stoeger Coach.

Let's be honest about this .Modern computerised Lazer guided machines can and do make a precise shotgun in a fraction of the time it takes a team of traditional gunsmiths using lamp black X files X screwdrivers X measuring calipers 100of man hours to do
So in my estimation the machine wins .Why pay the wages of an old humpy backed gunsmith ,when a machine can do his job better than he can .It dosent have to use lamp black ,or files or screwdrivers .It's programmed for perfection and does perfect every single time .Try telling me a purdy is 20times a better gun than a robotic manufactured Beretta .It's case equal at a fraction of the cost .

Even if I had millions (maybe over a lifetime), I could not justify that kind of expenditure on a tool. If I somehow ended up with one, I'd be afraid to use it for it's intended purpose. This is just another symbol for the braggarts of the world, the ones who have lost touch.

The wood is beautiful but i really don't like the burnt welding like design on the metal

A minimum price tag of £146,000 +VAT and 850hrs to make, equates to c. £172+VAT per hour. Clearly there are material costs to recover within this price but proportionately, this will be a fraction of the overall price. So this makes for an insanely outrageous hourly rate! Move out of London and halve the price for the same superb masterpiece.

Jonny is to shooting what Kevin McCloud is to architecture, a complete pain in the arse…….and as exciting to listen to as Rice Bubbles

My dad was a gunsmith and one of his clients brought his Holland and Holland 4 bore goose gun round for a service and testing of some reloadable brass to be machined for him and as I was obsessed with guns at such an early age he seemed to want to feed the obsession and when he came back to collect his gun he gave me a Diana air rifle which was his when he was my age prior to WWI I think the rifle was made in 1908 but his collection of shotguns and rifles was super rare and exotic to say the least .

Big 3 ?
Purdey
Holland & Holland
Perazzi

Hi
Does tweedl ship worldwide
Because I'm in South Africa 🇿🇦

$380,000USD 😂

" They are something else", has to be hard to describe the opportunity to actually shoot- let alone handle a pair of exquisite bespoke guns such as these. You are indeed lucky my friend. Excellent video. You need to do a video of inside Purdey- and share how some of these are created. Thanks again for this video sir.

There is a definite "poetry" that one can feel when shooting a Purdey. It is hard to describe. Perhaps one can say that there is an elegant balance to the slender taper of the gun. While it may be difficult to measure exactly what 800 man hours looks like as a finished product , there is an obvious difference that you notice once you shoot it. The trigger system is just much better than most. In my opinion , sidelock triggers are generally more crisp and " acute" than their box lock counterparts. If you compared the triggers of the Purdeys in the video to those in mass produced guns the difference is startlingly noticeable.

Why don't the top U.K. shooters shoot the home grown brands? Is it just an economics thing?

Beautiful guns for sure with a beautiful price tag too.

I have to ask though, what value does the Value Added Tax bring, other than the gubment getting their share plus some.

Even if I had that kind of money, I doubt that I would splash that kind of cash for what I essentially see as a tool. For a fraction of the price, you could get a pair of AYA number 1s made for yourself. Beautifully made guns just a lot more affordable.

I paid 14k for my used k80 and it's the best money I ever spent. sure like them Purdy's

6 figures for a gun is purely for “prestige” name sake… and I call BS on the 800 hours claim

I’ve had an experience with a 20B 1930’s SxS and it is indeed a feeling difficult to describe. It felt, and handled like nothing else I’d ever had in hand.

Stuff of dreams.

Kinda ugly indk

When are you coming to south africa for a (leka) bird hunt

I was actually talking to my friend the other day and told me that his acquaintance had a set of Purdey’s back in the 70s that he eventually sold for his first farm…

Damn these 2 guns cost more than my house

I knew someone who dealt in quality used firearms. An avid shooter who had tried everything out there, I asked him once "Is a Purdey worth it?" He smiled and said "I've been hunting for more than 60 years. Last year a friend invited me quail hunting and I took a Purdey 20 gauge I had in the vault. For the very first time in my life I hit 15 of 15 quail and didn't miss a shot. I'm not going to say it was the gun but I did something I've never done in a period longer than you've been alive. You draw your own opinion."

These are a bloody wank

Side-by-side with hammers. No silly engraving. Just plain.
I can't afford it, but I can day-dream. 😎

Lovely little guns be afraid to take it out of my safe if i owned these

For that price they couldn't include a butt pad?😆

Very Nice 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

Beauty and function that is well above my pay grade. Thanks for the view - Well done Jonny!

I have a confession- yes- a confession to an addiction to watching this video numerous times !!!!...... What an incredible experience this must have been- to shoot/handle two of the finest Purdeys ever. " Built to a standard- not a price", pretty much sums it up. Just wonderful. Now- time to watch again !!!!

The only reason you would buy a purdey is because you can afford it. Purdy is not a bespoke gunmaker it is a global brand, dont get me wrong its a fantaatic gun, but 100% not worth the price Vs a krieghof for example. But then how would you justify 100k + for the price other than saying that its not for everyone and all the imperfections are so special bla bla bla

Birds won't know the difference

A monument to poor production engineering and obsolete technology.

I am surprised about these short guns... Turkish.... Spanish gun are too fine....all guns fall on bird with one shot....

You get a free bottle of Worchestershire sauce with every purchase of one of these guns…. what a bargain….

Pat McManus captured the Purdey legend perfectly. Also that wood and steel is not worth $150k….on any planet.