If it adds nothing, why do folks seem so quick to mention that it was owned by count, or a duke, or some English military officer who served in some obscure place in India? I just don't get it.
A shotgun's ultimate purpose is to hit the thing we are shooting at . . . . period. What does it matter if it belonged, a hundred years ago, to some sort of royalty? Or, if it was originally bought by a hardscrabble farmer who used it to feed the family for forty years?
I guess if you bought the gun to be able to brag of its provenance, that's important to you. But, if you then proceed to miss 4 doves for every one you hit with it, what have you shown, or accomplished?
Do you tell yourself on the way home "I shot like s**t, but I was shooting a gun that a count, or prince, used to own!"?
Maybe I'm too results oriented, but I just hate like hell to miss. Regardless who previously owned the gun I now have.
Some people enjoy knowing the history of the things they own.
It's that simple.
...it also doesn't hurt to be able to provide the detail when it's time to sell it, if that is a possibility.
