I like Charles Parker's definition as found in their 1910 Pocket Catalogue (Exerpt taken from Ed Muderlak's book "Shooting Flying and The American Experience")Parker asked a rhetorican question: "What makes a 'best gun'?" the gun works answer:"The best gun is the one that combines the greatest number of good qualities, and which is built with regard to it's safety, continuity of balance, durability, unsurpassed shooting qualities, superior workmanship, beauty of outline, and greatest general excellence of it's performance under all conditions." 100 Years Old and, to me, still "On The Money."

George

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