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LGS has a Dakota model 10 in on consignment, but they have not established a price, yet.
Looks new, may be un fired.
Stunning wood
Very nice checkering
Case hardened receiver.
Matching case hardened vertical split rings
Lots of gold inlays
Octagon barrel, or maybe it’s hexagon
Chambered in 257 weatherby
Barrel is 23” or maybe 22”
With Leupold scope, believe 2.5-8x

Stunning gun, but why would one put a short barrel on a 257 wby?

Raised rib for the rings?

Front sighr?

Not 100% positive but think, no sights, and raised rib for scope rings.

Sounds sweet, except for the short barrel.

Be aware that the lack of a bolt action type receiver can make the barrel look shorter in relation to other rifles in the rack.

Yup
I laid a yard stick on it.
Didn’t know exactly where the the start of the chamber was, but it’s 23” plus/minus 1/2”.

Odd....

Perhaps the person who had it built was enamored with the pre 64 .264 Winchester featherweight with a 22" barrel

How much are they asking for it? You could always have it rebarreled if the price is right.

They have not yet put a price on it.
I buy guns to use.
This one would be a safe queen for me.

I bought a Browning low wall in .260 Rem because I couldn't afford a Model 10. I handled a Model 10 years ago. It handled like a fine bird gun.... I hope you can get it at a price point you can't pass up.

Between the wood, the gold inlays, and the octagon barrel, it sounds like that one is going to be pretty pricey.........I will guess $6750.

I’m going elk hunting for a week, driving to New Mexico. Will post the price when I get back, if it’s still available. I suspect it will be available as there’s not a
lot of guys dropping that much coin on a single gun.

Yeah buddy those 10's are sure fine. Only one I ever held was chambered in 309-JDJ
That was a long time ago, I've still been wanting one.

Try explaining to the seller how concerned you are about the level of muzzle blast of such an over bored round in a short barreled rifle.... then reload it to about .257 Roberts levels and hunt with it for the rest of your days....

Good point re down loading it.
I won’t buy it except for the small possibility of flipping it for a profit. It’s a collectors type of gun in my view, one that you take out of safe, show off, admire, wipe off the finger prints, and put back in safe. Nothing wrong with that, but not my gig.
My guns get very good care, but they get shot and get hunted with. I do have a Jim Kobe custom on a Sako action in 257 weatherby. It is hands down my favorite deer and antelope rifle.

The only thing special about a model 10 is the hype

I had a beautiful Weatherby Mark 5 Deluxe made in 70s in .257 wby, but it had a 24” #1 pencil barrel. Beauty to look at, horrible to shoot. I sent it down the road. Any Weatherby caliber needs at least a 26” #2 barrel IMO.

Nonsense.

Me too......

The only Dakota 10 I’ve ever seen in person was a .308. It was truly a beauty, maybe a bit to much for me to drag around the woods. Buy, fondle, flip for something you will use if the $$ is right.

There is no gun thats to pretty to be used.....with care. That's what there made for.

^^^This^^^

Only can be said by someone who has never used or handled one, or because their wife won’t let them buy one.