I'm not talking about a gun solely for the field. Maybe I should define frequent use. How about 2-3 rounds of skeet per week, every week. Plus once per month on the sporting clays courses. Then, maybe 100 or so rounds of upland per year. That's about 5,000 rounds per year, indefinitely. I think I'll stick with the American made S x S where parts can be gotten from junker Sterlingworths or lower grade Parkers that are being parted out. Now, if I were buying a H & H, Purdey, etc. then it might not be a concern. But how about all the lower-end English SxS's that are coming in from the U.K and Australia? Where are you going to get parts that aren't hand made and/or have the gun out of commission for months? JMO of course. Silvers
