Originally Posted by Ted Schefelbein
Provenance is a thing, Stan. Just not your thing.

If it makes you feel any better, not mine, either. I did own a gun once owned by Steve Bodio, but, he isn’t a count, and the gun was what you call a loss leader.

Just right for me.

Best,
Ted

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Or, Lonny.

Provenance can be very important to me, Ted, just not British provenance. One of the highlights of my gunning life was spending an hour with Bo Whoop in Savannah a few weeks before it was shipped to Julia's Auction and ultimately donated to Ducks Unlimited.

That provenance of it being owned and hunted by Nash Buckingham struck a chord with me, because I share the same love of the southern swamps and ducks that Mr. Nash had. To have held his gun in my grubby little hands and looked down those barrels literally quickened my heartbeats. So, I do understand and appreciate provenance at times.

I absolutely appreciate the quality and handling characteristics of fine London doubles, and have shot a few very well. But, I just cannot share in this anglophile thing. It means absolutely nothing to me.

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