Shotgunlover, that is great information. Thank you. I have only seen those two late models of Ideals referred to numerically, as the 370 and 375. Can I assume the 375 is the Prestige you refer to?

And while we are on the subject of Ideals and you seem to have a degree of knowledge, do you know if Manufrance ever outsourced the engraving on the better grades or was it always done in house. One reason I ask is because the incredible diversity of style and pattern doesn't seem to fit with the idea of an in house program where, to some degree, conformity and convention might gain sway.


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