I am just not experienced enough with doubles to speak with authority. However, from what I've read and my gut says, bores are everything. A double that won't regulate or has lousy bores is useless. Or another way we say it in the south and Colorado, "..that dog don't hunt...".

A few minor mechanical problems that can be easily fixed should not be the sole basis for discounting a potentially great deal. This is a field gun, and the price and extra barrel, in my opinion, make it an outstanding value. Somebody posted that "and extra set of barrels adds no value". I just don't understand this statement. When barrels are everything to a double having an extra set is adds nothing? Sorry I just don't believe this for a second. At the very least you use the second set for target shooting, thus perserving the originals. That alone is value added. I would much rather have my $800.00 Pedersoli Kodiak 12 bore that shoots a 2" composite group, than a $30000.00 Holland that couldn't hit the side of a barn, but ejects rounds thirty feet.

However, as I always say, opinions and advice are like hind-ends everybody has one and some stink more than others. I'll be the first to admit that mine is the worst (stink that is).

Colorado