Pretty limited pool of folks for new 21's back then. I got into sxs a bit later, in the early 70's, after reading George Bird Evans. My answer to his Purdey was a brand new Ithaca SKB Model 150. Certainly no Purdey, but a pretty good gun. Looking back, I don't think we realized how good we had it, with more inexpensive guns from Spain in addition to those Japanese sxs. And, for that matter, vintage American doubles at real bargain prices too.