I agree and TBH I hadn't thought about the split between India and Africa (etc) till you mentioned it.

Thousands means as you say, that there was a bunch of hunting going on in the Raj. Obviously the common man was not involved too much (tho I think for a time there was some fairly reasonable access to shotguns but don't know the regulations details).

Anyway, good point. And yeah, just like with fine milsurps, 10's of thousands which came into the USA in the '90's, it would be nice to have a good flow of them in the market. Like the notos, just sitting in a safe somewhere no doubt.

I really enjoy seeing Marrakai et al out there putting the various doubles thru their paces. I doubt I'll ever own one but it sure is fascinating to see what is being done with them by the guys that use them.