New user here..Have enjoyed reading the threads on this forum. I will have more questions later.

I am looking into purchasing a new or near-new double rifle, as yes, there is an Aftrican hunt in my future. But, in order not to get a divorce over this, it will have to be from one of these makers;
Chapuis, Heym, merkel, krieghoff. Getting older while reading Elmer Keith, these are not those guns. I have experience only with the big bore bolt and leverguns I use for hunting.

Not wanting to start an opinion war on this thread, does anyone have experience with the double rifles from one or more of these makers?