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Obviously the absolute essence of rationality. I commend the English Gentleman and cannot but decry the actions of the un-gentlemanly who saw fit to ignore the True Sportsman and allow such a heinous development to be inflicted on the world.
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Why is this the case? In my opinion (and discussion with other FFLs at the auctions) it is because people get old and die...
I know an older gentleman that has over 600 flintlock & that vulgar percussion cap lock guns in his possession. Many are SxS. I wonder if his estate will dribble feed all those guns into the market in order to maintain some sort of price. At the moment he will not even sell one of the flinters to me. O.M
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dr. drew: your post is wonderfully insightful...do you happen to know the approximate date it was written...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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The last time i went to shoot clay pigeons (not targets, Pigeons !), i took my old side by side. My score was as good, if not better, as the fashion victim with the garish beretta shooting cap-glasses (complete with blinkers, like a horse)-vest-gloves-cartridge bag, etc etc.
My point is the younger generation want the latest and greatest, the guns and equipment the blogs, magazines, youtube tell them they must have. I gave up listening to the rubbish the marketing men spout years ago.
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Doc Drew, I'm pretty sure you're aware of the fact that "Mr. Forsyth" was in fact Reverend Forsyth. How a man of the cloth could ever join hands with the devil to make such an invention . . . 
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Idle hands...covered with saltpeter, charcoal and sulphur...started with Friar Bacon 
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Another SxS factor to consider....
Most of the SxS's we see are now 50 to 100 years old (excepting a few modern imports). They are wearing out, show much use, etc. Only a few good restorers/gunsmiths are available to service them properly. Most younger people want a new, or almost new gun to use.
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Larry, you do know that Doc Drew didn't write the original letter in 1817. right?
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For all this talk about the decline of SXS's, I wonder who is buying all the ones being offered by the 6 -8 auction houses that I follow. Each one of them having multiple sales per year, with many SXS's offered.
I agree that the SXS enthusiast is a relatively small group in the overall gun buying world, but the auctions seem to sell most all of the ones offered. (in all grades)
Yes, English gun prices are down, but US SXS's are up in price.
But on the other hand, James (canvasback) may also get the impression that fewer guys own and use doubles because of guys like Jagermeister... who can't get any further than putting one on layaway, and then backing out of the deal after posting here about it as if he had it in his hot little hands. But since Jagermeister also only RENTS a cheap Chinese .22 rimfire rifle, one might conclude that the popularity of .22 rifles is waning too. It has nothing to do with me, but everything to do with modern gun buying trends of younger generations. Typical well to do working person turns to vertical guns by Beretta, B.C. Miroku,.... or semi-autos by Benelli or Beretta.
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