“… an inexpensive, multi-purpose, durable, double barrel shotgun that looks and behaves like a much more expensive one but costs about half as much or even less. It is the ideal double shotgun for ‘Everyman’.”
“Like many, I started my collection of American shotguns with the iconic premium, or luxury, brands. While presenting an educational display at the Maryland Antique Arms Show in Baltimore in 2018, it dawned on me that I could not tell the story of the double barrel shotgun in America without addressing 90 percent of the guns sold here.”
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