Yes, so it seems that best engraving is highly subjective so therefore cannot really be used as a gauge to measure best gun.
The old lipstick on a pig type scenario.
In my youth, for some reason, engraving held no appeal to me & the slab side of a 94 winny just with screws & pins was more a thing of beauty than the gaudy (to my eye) Purdey rose & scroll.
That is until I bought a gun for what the gun is & has been built to do & it happened to have the %100 coverage rose & scroll lipstick on it. Now I like it somewhat more because on this gun it deserved lipstick to further enhance the build quality.
Fit of metal to metal is real well done & all internal surfaces are polished & even places like the underbolt & its slideway in the watertable are near perfectly executed.
Dicky bird safety, file cut rib, Purdey hidden third bite, some of the best triggers I ever used on a double, select eject, side clips, 1 1/2 oz. proof, 3" chambers, fine line checkering on a nicely figured stock, all combine to make this a best gun that I own.
I have handled better, but at $50,ooo they must be too best for my means, so good enough has to be good for me.
Best shooter is a lowly $250.oo Wm Cashmore hammer gun. It fits me & finds birds like a good dog & is a no fuss reliable, bang every time old faithfull. Close to best for hunting.
Now if it had bulino engraving it would not shoot better. Or is that best ?
O.M
Last edited by moses; 01/11/17 05:35 PM.
