I have a lot to say about this subject, but not a lot of time to say it. So, here goes for tonight.
American guns were factory manufactured for Americans whereas Brit/Continental guns were trade made for Brits/Europeans. There is a rather considerable gap in social attitudes and economic situation between the two groups. Each system worked well for its customers.
The Brits tended to use entirely different guns for different levels of quality. Americans tended to use the same gun design across their range of quality grades. There is no Purdey SLE counterpart to, say, the Sterlingworth. There are, however, Purdey boxlock counterpartsm to the Sterlingworth. This does muddy the water in Original Quality grade comparisons.
Stay tuned. More to follow.
DDA
