Originally Posted By: BrentD

SKB and Dickinson are not the same.

For under $1k you can find a Merkel Model 8 that will make 6.5# with 28" barrels. LeFusil will hate you for it, especially if you regularly post pictures of it like the one below. They are spectacularly reliable hunting guns and will handle 1.25 oz loads forever. They will also handle steel (#4s or smaller with the proper chokes) as well as.

Here is one that has well over 2 decades of hard use on it.


No. Lefusil will not hate you for hunting or using a Merkel or any other German gun. What dingaling supreme doesnt know is that Ive owned & used many German guns throughout the years. Simsons. Merkels. Greifelt. Sauers. Etc.
There are very few German guns that are aesthetically pleasing to me...Merkels are at the top of the list. I never said they were bad guns, they are extremely well put together like most German things are.
Nice try Brent.