A friend is a life-long serious shooter, and formerly a long time managing director of one of the old London gunmakers. True to the best traditions of the London trade, he is highly biased in favor of the London "Best". He isn't very high on Birmingham guns. However, he IS high on Scotts. These days, he fiddles mostly with British black powder hammerguns. In those days, Scott made many of Holland & Holland's guns, and also some for other high end London shops. He recently commented to me that he felt it a pity that Scotts still don't bring what they're really worth.