Larry,
Gunfit, is all important. For some reason, people decide to buy a Darne, often the lowest condition and grade gun (think Viet Nam bringback) discover it doesn't fit them, sell it to someone else it doesn't likely fit, either, and then pronounce them all the same. We also get people who believe them to be "rare", uncommon, and some sort of mystery, when, counting all the clones that were produced out the back door of the Darne factory, the number produced approaches very closely a million. There are also people who believe they simply don't or can't work well.
Well, if a Darne fits, it works about as well as anything else. And, there are a LOT of them out there, maybe not in Podunk, but, there is a whole world out there beyond podunk, Abner.
I make friends as the range all the time when I am out there with mine.
I'm glad you are enjoying the gun. When I was the importer, I met people who bought a Darne from me, and simply sold everything else. I will note that I don't fall into that catagory, but, I do love my Darnes, and my go-to hunting gun is still the R10 I got from Steve Bodio and had restocked to fit me at the factory in St. Etienne. For reasons I do not understand, policemen, firemen, and architects, in that order, were over represented in my customer base. By a lot.
Use the gun in good health Larry.
Best,
Ted
