A local smith takes some cheap doubles and improves their handling by removing bottom ribs, polishing internals, dimming the bright cheap finishes. The bottom line is about 1000 Euro for a SXS that handles extremely well and has no heirloom angst. They are what a poster said of a good shotgun: "makes you smile when you pick it up and not cry when you drop it". Ted's double seems to fit right in to that category.


Last edited by Shotgunlover; 03/22/15 12:53 PM.