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Rabbit, I know your trying to tell me something!
But....
Owd Lowell doesn't have his thinking cap on today!

Lowell, I can't allow you to say potAHto too many times without countering with potAto. Now I've dOne it; signs of Homeless orthography syndrome.

jack

I hate to admit...I must be tOO hard headed also.

When you travel with that crowd, a Boss is the thing to have.
Much less, and you'd be looking for those odd days with those hanger-ons.
It is an expensive sport, and you must have the trappings to play.
People that think that money makes class are truly clueless...If you feel this way then I feel sorry for you.

"The "true best guns," are tested time after time, year after year on the estates, by those who could shoot and those who could afford to shoot."
I handed my Mod. 42 to a bird boy in Argentina and he could kill 25 out of a box and he couldn't afford a gun, but he could shoot. My point, to him that pump gun was the best.

Blindfolded you pick up a Rizzini and a Boss you probably couldn't tell the difference or comparing any of the top Belgium, France, Italy and German makers in that test. However, who said "One test beats a thousand expert opinions". Only the English gun has been tested time and time again, over the centuries in the most rugged of conditions against the most dangerous animals and in the most brutal climate any firearm can endure. No other firearm manufacturer can even hold a 'candle' to the history of the English gun.
All the best

Blindfolded, I could tell the difference between a Boss and an Italian gun. Hell, I could tell the difference between a Boss & a Holland just by picking it up (even if blindfolded). A Boss has a look and feel that's all its own. So does an H&H Royal, a Purdey, a Lang, etc.

All those guns have their own looks. And if you want that look with the maker's name on it, you'll pay for it. Are they better? The market sure thinks so. Guys dream about owning a Purdey and they big the big buck for them.

And they all feel better than a Fli Rizzinis. Over and over people tell me how great those guns are, but every one I see leaves me cold.

OWD

chux, we should be thankful for the uppish class - without them, there'd be no best guns - just stew-pot shooters. There are some circles where money can't pave your way. Where the newly rich are nixed and bane, and only old blood counts.
I'm neither, so don't feel sorry for me!
Class is everywhere - one man's ceiling, is another man's floor.

I'm trying hard to think this thru, Lowell. Vickie R. shopped at A&N. And Georgy 6 took the Filene's Basement approach to Boss value. The Royals must really enjoy playing against type.

jack

Your trying hard to think about this!
What about ol' Lowell?
Rabbit, what is u talkin' 'bout?