Cost is not as much of a factor in the ownership of good double guns as most posters would make us think. Gun buyers who "don't get out much" truly do have to pay through the nose for high quality guns. However, gun shows, clay target shoots, the internet, if used to find guns, are the way to great guns at reasonable prices. I have been shooting Krieghoffs in competition for decades, paid $775 for my first one, and not much more for the ones that followed. My Beretta 682 was bought directly from the company for $1200. My English guns were bought a bit on the cheap also. Just keep your nose to the ground. They are out there.