PJ,
He owns one. He is familiar with the design. The gun referenced above, that you linked to, is junk, for the reasons I already detailed. It is not a $1000 gun. It may not be a $100 gun.
Some of the "case colored field grades" as you refer to them will sell for much, much more than $1000. I know of a matched pair of 28 gauge, long barreled R10s with .410 second barrels, that $1000 wouldn't buy the French case they were supplied in.
You can be disappointed in a Darne for far less money than a John Dickson or a SuperBritte. Do you live in a parallel universe? For a guy who has beer and weiners guns that he actually owns (Ithaca 37, riot version, was it not?) you sure post about champagne level guns.
Do tell us about your Dickson or SuperBritte guns you have owned.
Best,
Ted
