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Purdey Sporter

The renowned English gunmaker, Purdey, is known for it’s high quality, high performance and… high prices. You will be looking around the £150,000 mark for a London best gun made to your precise requirements. However, the famous gunmaker does have a gun called the Sporter which, at £39,500 plus VAT is relatively affordable.

Alastair Bowles at Purdey describes it as an ‘entry-level Purdey’ enabling more shooters to hold a gun made by the famed company. Some might call this a ‘poor man’s Purdey’, just as Porsche’s excellent Boxster was called the ‘poor man’s Porsche’ – usually by people

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