I hate to say it, but a lot of it "depends." Yes I've seen some horribly over done German and Austrian 'coo coo clockish" guns and rifles, but I've seen many guns I'd love to own (like Curly's clam shell 9.3

). Also I've seen some "London Best" British guns and rifles turned out in the 1970s that were pretty rough (heard one story of a H&H 12 bore that was horribly regulated...).

I have a bias towards simple, elegant style so the English guns have a tendecy to win me over, but I have to admit in my little collection I only have Continental doubles so...