Welcome to the forum, Eddie. Sounds like a game rich place where you live, hunt and fish.

Excellent post. Based upon it I'd recommend a Fox Sterlingworth with 28-30" barrels. No more reliable vintage doublegun exists. Only three moving parts in each lockwork. Reliable ejectors, if you like them (I do). The action rarely fails. "Reasonably" priced because so many were made and sold. And, so many were made and sold because they were such a great value, inexpensive...... but very well made.

And, I agree with you about the visual aspect. No prettier box lock was ever made, IMO.

Best wishes, SRH

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