Humphrey was a well known stockmaker before WWII and I think up into the 1950s, did work for Townsend Whelen.

It looks like another of those moral issues. Leave it alone or make something usefull out of it.

As Is it's a re-worked old action and not very well done at that. As it could be re-worked a 2nd time a truly fine long range single shot.

If I owned it and unless some collector steped up with big bucks it would go straight to a good gunsmith for a total re-build into a 45/90 long range gun

That's my opinion 

Boats

Well everybody has different taste. I owned a CC Johnson Ballard that had been converted to a smallbore prone rifle. I was going to make a Schuetzen out of it but was put off by a lot of advice to leave it alone as a collectors piece.

It was for sale for over 2 years with no takers and I finaly let it go for what I paid for it. Cheap too but thinking back I bought it under the same deal Cheap. Friend had owned it a long time and found no takers.

Value is only what someone will pay. While a Borchart Varmit with a M1922 barrel is intresting I bet it will not bring over the value of the action. But I could be wrong.

Boats

IMO a sale for a reasonable amount is dependent upon just exactly where it's offered.

I've offered a number of things on this board with absolutely no takers, but had great results elsewhere. For instance I recently offered Clarence the Collector's Lyman 5A scope and very rare original leather case on this forum for what I considered a reasonable price, $600. No takers, only one person expressed any interest and no offers were made.

Had absolutely NO trouble getting $700 on eBay, there was a lotta bidding competition and the buyer was very happy.

Just wish I could have afforded to buy 'em myself (Ben's rifle and Clarence's scope). Like Boats said, I guess it comes down to personal taste. I've got three Borchardts and none of them will become a long-range BP rifle. Nothing against LR BPCR, I just like other forms of shooting better.
Regards, Joe

BTW Brent, good luck on your new Borchardt!

Brent, nice to know you finally have discovered the True Faith - i.e. hammerless rifles.  FWIW, as regards US-made rifles, the Borchardt is my absolute favourite - pity they are so expensive, otherwise I would already own one - but there's always a Martini getting in the way...  Just put my hands on the latest Westley-richards ZAR, BTW:  Imagine a BSA cadet, but full-sized, and chambered in 577-450, military pattern.
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And also, some detail pics of the Francotte insides:
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I also shot it last weekend, and the results were promising....

As to sporters, here my 'flashy' one - it actually is a Swinburn, but that still is a Martini variant.  Does have an (internal) hammer though:
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I for one wouldn't like to carry this one around though - you really need a gunbearer!  But it is quite classy...

Brad,
This one is also in the omnipresent 577-450, of course...  Quite a popular round in SA, as it was readily available - and considered good enough for all plains game, except the thick-skinned variety.

Eland?  No, certainly not thick-skinned - Buffalo is thick-skinned plainsgame!  They were considered as perfectly adequate for Kudu and Wildebeest, so Eland shouldn't be any problem whatsoever...  Just ask DoubleD, he used a 577-450 to shoot a nice Kudu in SA. Dropped it with a single shot, I believe.  And Kudu is quite big indeed!