Pete,
I don't believe the original question has been answered, is there an inherent flaw to Meridens? You very thoroughly responded to my question of ID on "Dad's old gun" a couple weeks ago. The flawI,m aware of, if you consider it a flaw, is that Meridens shoot loose. I attribute this to heavy loads shot through them for 3/4 of a century and believe some of the more desireable guns suffer from a similar end result. I suspect you're interested in keeping the market dampened on this cool old brand! Yes, the Model 18 is a hardware gun, but weren't many of the others, Sterlingworth/LC/Baker/etc. in about the same price range in their day?
Steve
