KY Jon, Americans shouldn't be beating up on themselves now because the benefits of great leadership, educations, entrepreunership and industrial capacity which made them the envy of the world weakened their international markets and shipped millions of jobs overseas. Who's to blame? None of the above was possible without the checks and balances of unions, automation, social legislation, strong courts and civil rights and, not least, a better-educated and informed middle class. There's still lots of steam in the United States. As for shotguns, I wouldn't trade any of my American classics for any of the new ones; all were made before 1938. There are tons of good ones still around. Regards, King
