Butch:

My remark was made slightly tongue in cheek and was aimed, in jest, at a couple of vocal guys here that own Searcy rifles, not at you personally. Sorry that you took it that way.

I've had the occasion to handle a number of your double rifles over the years and, in comparison to the double rifles I'm used to, I felt that they handled poorly. I've said much the same thing here about the current examples from Merkel, Chapuis, and Krieghoff. That's my honest opinion, Butch. Sorry if it offends you.
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