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For smooth bore it's easy, the one with "soul" of Jos Manton and Col Hawker. It's the most "Ghostly" of the bunch! Rifles are tricky  I'm still reading the Rifle....by S.R.Truesdell and The Rifle Story by Walter.  It's going to take plenty of time for me to answer this question. 
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How (why) is it that brand preferences in character, tradition, reliability, history, quality, and other similar traits differ so much in the minds of different people with similar backgrounds in the shooting sports? Why is it that some of the guns in my collection mean so much to me but are just so much iron to some of my buddies who also follow this hobby? The same situation exists with their guns in my mind. Others, like "Researcher", have a great appreciation for the salesman!
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We "differ so much" because of where and how and with whom we grew up, what we read and saw in our formative years, our notions of the authentic i.e. reproductions of any kind are abhorrent to me; to carry a Purdey would be a conceit. This may have greater influence than sharing similar backgrounds in the shooting sports. Thank god others think differently.
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You mean there is something bettern than a Model 21? 
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Comparing a Best German SxS to a Best English SxS is like comparing a Volks'vagen to a Bentley. Now Now: From a reliability perspective which one would you rather be driving if you were going to make a trip coast to coast? Jim
The 2nd Amendment IS an unalienable right.
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Lemme see, Toyota Camry? Twin 50s on a monopod would be a good choice for some purposes.
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Ferrari from May to August.
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GerMan guns mAke me think of CuUuckoO clOcks, rEd slate FFireplace and a fest inspiring ChristmaS tree. I get that warm und fuzzy feelin. 
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Sidelock
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King, "to carry a Purdey would be a conceit."
Well then, you place too much on the gun.
To carry a Sterlingworth would be a badge of honor then?
I've a AH Fox Sterlingworth, AH Fox AE and a Remmy 1894 AE that I romanticize about the way it used to be(in my mind anyway).
But!
For sheer gunning, its hard to beat the London gun.
Last edited by Lowell Glenthorne; 06/11/07 04:28 PM.
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I can't imagine that someone who has a knowledge and an appreciation for high quality guns with historical significance and is a heck of a shot in the field and moor (and on the ring) would be much criticized if he appeared on a shoot with a fairly high quality gun of any maker or origin, as long as the barrels were side by side. Some shooters of extremely high ability may even be excused for appearing with a gun with barrels one above the other. In other words, a shooter of high ability and knowledge about guns of quality may be within the realm of acceptability if he were to appear at a shoot with a well performing boxlock Greener. A poor shot with no credibility would be "undergunned" with a high condition Boss. Just my opinion, because I'm probably not going to get into the conflict. I'll be here at home.
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