It's a question of the particular gun, not the country it was made in.
If you are going to shoot it a lot, get a heavier gun with a Greener crossbolt or other true third fastener (and I don't consider a passive doll's head to be a real fastener). Nitro proof, steel bbls, 2 3/4" original chambers. Check wall thickness at end of chamber and near muzzle. Boxlocks tend to have fewer stock head problems and they are less finicky, mechanically. There are lots of German guns with GCBs that are of very high quality and will take a pounding, so don't forget those.
Now if it were me, of the American "working" guns, I would get a Remington 1894 or 1900 circa $500. Almost indestructible, dead-ringer for an English A&D action, stout bbls with a third fastener and amazingly cheap, even with ejectors. I wouldn't get a Parker, the stocks split if you shoot more than two boxes of ammo through them. Same with LCs. Of the German guns, I would go with a Sauer Royal circa $1000-1500 or even the plainer one around $750. Of the English guns, you can't go wrong with WWG around $1500-2000 for a good one. Or a plain WR around $2K.
