Very classic beauties, and you can find similar ones, 40 to 60 years old, used trade-ins at stores like Rigby and Westley Richards, for about the same price as a new Sako, Sauer or Mannlicher - and sometimes for a fraction of that.
No fair adding a scope to one that doesn't already have a scope. Just use it with the iron sights, and you'll probably be stalking closer than 200 yards, just as the original owners did.
As to those who think that is not necessary these days, or just an egotistic stunt ( what feat of skill isn't? ) consider using a flintlock or cap and ball rifle, just for FUN. Hunting is supposed to be an enjoyable sport.
I happen to believe that a well-rounded and accomplished sportsman has at least a little experience in many disciplines. If you ride a quarter horse and rope calves, or pack into the mountains for a hunt, you will enjoy it more if you understand and appreciate the difficulty of dressage, eventing, polo or steeplechase - even if you only humble yourself by trying it. The same is true of fishing. It's a real pleasure to stalk up to the bank and drop a fly just outside a lily pad 15 yards away. But it may be just as enjoyable to swing a cricket out there on a cork from an old rowboat, or fire a topwater plug to the same spot with a baitcasting rig, from the opposite bank, 60 yards away. No matter how good a horse, rifle, shotgun or fishing pole you have, it's practice which makes the difference, and gives you the skill to appreciate the finer tools, dogs and horses.
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