J. Hall---I've never had a double apart in nearly 70 years of gunning, not even when retrieved from three to five fathoms of salt water.

Maintaining a wet gun is normal; gunning for ducks is bad weather, period. Wipe 'em, clean 'em, oil sparingly as soon as possible, always before anything else.

There is no rust on my guns, and Nova Scotia is a raft jutting into the North Atlantic.

I agree with Mike: no such thing as an all-purpose gun; too many compromises, avoid like the plague.

Regards, King