The title of the video and this Thread amount to rash generalizations that are meaningless apples to oranges comparisons. The very best hand made custom rifles and shotguns produced by Americans compare favorably with guns made anywhere. And our mass produced machine made guns stack up quite nicely too, when compared to mass produced guns built elsewhere. Comparing a hand made Boss or Purdey to an Ithaca or Stevens is just as ridiculous as comparing a Chevy Cobalt to a Formula 1 car. And it wouldn't be fair to compare a cheap Birmingham working man's gun to a Lefever Optimus or John Nichols shotgun either. But there is no question that the gun making trade in Great Britain reached an overall higher level of refinement, while ours was generally geared toward mass production and mass marketing. You could say our talent for mass production saved the British trade from being conquered by Adolph Hitler & Co. And you could also say that we have now outsourced and off-shored that capability today, and morphed into a nation where too many people would rather stay home and collect Government money hot off the printing press. I'm blown away by the number of businesses I see that are closed or have reduced operations because they don't have enough employees, while millions are collecting unemployment checks. This must certainly be a factor in recent ammunition shortages.
And once upon a time, there was active and frequent international competition to determine which nation had the best shooters in all of the various disciplines. Now international shooting competition has dwindled, and it is hard to find, even when there is an Olympics, because the shooting sports have been demonized. So we are largely left with opinions. We have some guys right here who could outshoot George Digweed, to hear them talk. I'm mainly concerned with how well I can shoot. And gun reviews are largely a matter of personal taste. I read a lot of good things about Turkish shotguns, but haven't been moved to buy any yet.
In their time British guns were without doubt top of the tree ,unfortunately they became uneconomic to produce for the market they had ! Other makers gradually filled that niche ,and the rest as they say ,is history...... As for the British social structure ,that was machine gunned to pieces in 1914-18,then fragmented by high taxation to pay for that and the later unpleasantness by the Krauts. Britain was never to be the same again....
Well Nudge I have worked in France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland to name just a few though I am not think like you I can pontificate on each and every country, and as for the junior school yard the Brit queen is German yes she is of German decent at least if you where going to go to bring the countries Grand Mother or should I say Gross-mutter into the conversation, you could have the decency to use her correct family name though I feel that you only did know that she had German roots from the German family of Sax-Coburg-Gotha. The German roots of the Monarchs family are known to the people of Britain so it is back to the Ducks back and water again. I do not take your mud slinging seriously because I would rather have a cut and thrust conversation with someone who does have at least a smattering of knowledge on the subject they are talking about. Any further conversation on the above subjects I will refer you to my first post.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
The epitome of fine guns is a late, bar in iron, Purdey pigeon gun with, of course, outside hammers. It encompasses strength, reliability, competition readiness, quiet elegance, quality of manufacture, and a name that needs no apology. Other guns share this model of Purdey's characteristics and quality, but the tiebreaker is always the name.
I'm quite happy drinking an English Ale at the temperature it is served at in the uk. Beats the hell out ice cold piss water Pilsner that passes for beer in this country any day.
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