I almost ordered a .50-95 or .45-75 Italian M76 (Cimmerian) - almost. I was deciding on which calibre to buy while reading some comments about it on various forums, dating back to 1996. The price was right at just under $900.00 - BUT the problems reported - too much!
One can always hope they've improved, but all the tribulations kept me from buying one.
Thanks for the experience with them, Sarg - I figured nasty didn't know they'd be that nasty. I can easily see the noise being a LARGE problem. Short lengths of pull and hooked butt plates bring the face quite close to the 'revolving' part & cylinder gap. I expect rebounding 'stuff' might dig into the face a bit - hence necessity of glasses.