O.K. Ray, not sure about the apple pie though? I read somewhere it was Henry VIII’s favourite!

On a more serious note, I should really appreciate your considered view on mercury suppressors. Some seem to really like them, but the London gun makers do not seem to share that view. Like them, I have always believed that the weight should, as much as possible, be between the hands: not in the end of the butt. Churchills recently told me that they did not think mercury suppressors worked well with big bores; they fitted one to the 470 double they have for sale, but only to bring it up to weight. (It was ordered too light.) We are talking about a .416 / 400 (H & H), no scope, and a weight, if no suppressors and impeccably balanced, of 10 pounds.

Martin