Thanks for the opinions and advice. In fact, one of the guns I now have is a Purdey and that's part of what started me on this course of trying to put a label on each gun I inherited. The very nicely engraved 16 ga. A&F Francotte looks nice, feels good in the hands, is fairly light, and gives me a sense of real satisfaction to look at it and shoot it. Compared to my Browning Citori it is special. The Purdey, on the other hand, just seems to feel better in an unidentifiable way. The balance and weight just seem to put the gun to the shoulder of its own accord and, when mounted properly, all you have to do is look at the bird and think about shooting it and the trigger seems to pull itself. Truly, it's a thing of beauty but what makes it different from the others I've recently been getting acquainted with is something I can't define - it just is. Anyway, that pretty much confirms what you all have been saying. I guess I'm just trying to learn the commonly accepted categories (grades) that my other guns fall into so I'll have a better sense of how they fit into the bigger picture of fine double shotguns. It's all new to me but I'm looking forward to the journey.