nitro476,

I am not sure which country you are in as your profile doesn't show it
so these are generic comments.

Could you explain further this comment. - "I have grown tired of buying an English
guns at inflated prices and still having a rifle that needs thousands of dollars in restoration work."

Firstly, my friends and I who own English guns (doubles) - I would say all are now worth more
than what we paid for them.

Secondly, I ALWAYS get an English Double I buy looked at by my gunsmith - stripped, cleaned,
sears checked and adjusted, firing pins redone etc etc. All in all no gun has ever cost me more than
Aus $1000 but I consider it money well spent as I tend to stand in front of DG every year and I like to know
my gun is going to work. (Restocks are an exception to the above but I haven't had to do one yet.

I do NOT consider Aus $1000 "thousands of dollars in restoration work".

IF you have had to spend "thousands of dollars in restoration work", maybe the price paid for the
guns you bought was reflective of the fact that work needed to be done. I can think of numerous
doubles I have been offered at very low prices that needed "thousands of dollars in restoration work"
but that is not what I do. I do know people who bought them, had them done up well and now they
are great guns owned by someone who appreciates it.

IN regards to Searcy, Chapius, Heym, or William Douglas.

Searcy - I am not knowledgeable enough to comment and plenty of others on this forum who I trust
will have good comments to say and the experience to back it up (Gratuitous comments from US based
poster welcome as always !!! - not that I need to say this as I am sure they will come thick and fast)

Chapius - I am not knowledgeable enough to comment - from those I have seen, you get what you pay for.
My friend has a 9.3 x 74 which shoots well and is OK - I personally would not own one.

Heym - I am not knowledgeable enough to comment - from those I have seen, you get what you pay for.

William Douglas - I have a 470 BL Ejector - I like the gun, it shoots really well (as do all the William Douglas
guns I have seen) and is a good light gun to carry. Well balanced.

Anyway, hope this helps.

500 Nitro