Tom, thanks for asking for our opinions.
Economic and sociopolitical discussions aside, and having read all previous posts, guess what I HAVEN'T seen requests for: 20ga. single trigger guns. And what is S&W building? 20ga. single trigger guns. It doesn't make sense, and it frustrates me to no end. Why do they want our opinions if they aren't going to act on them? I have seen lots of requests here for the ultimate game gun: a lightweight (6.25-6.5lb), scaled-frame double trigger 16ga. gun (my preference), some 12ga. waterfowl models, and some clays models. At that $2k price point, a gun buyer is going to be pretty savvy, and he is going to want something value added; choice of gauges (16ga.!!!!!!!), barrel lengths, stocks, etc. Comparing apples to apples, how is this S&W offering much different than the imported Marlin LC Smith 20ga. at around $1,200? Heck, even the Weatherby Athena 20ga. sxs at the $2k price point at least has double triggers, not to mention the RBL for a few hundred more (orders being closed not withstanding).
Another imported single trigger 20ga.isn't going to cut it. We want what WE want, not what you tell us we can have. Whomever S&W is listening to, it sure doesn't appear to be us.
Oh, and make the barrel markings less obvious. That reminds me of the ill-fated Stevens 411. Butt ugly!
