Martin,

How elitist of you. The “mass produced” doubles coming out of Germany and America were specifically designed to let a man of modest means own, shoot and hunt with a double rifle without the hassle of a cantankerous old firearm so complex one would surly think it was meant to torment the soul of man. I've dreamed of owning a DR since I was a lad reading PHC. Now that I'm 39 and living a real life (mortgage, child, credit cards) even the “resonable” $7500 I paid for my new (with warranty) Merkel was outrageous by most standards. But, by-God I have a real double rifle! And to me it is magic.

Blair