I took my rifle into my german gunsmith friends shop yesterday so he could show it to some of his customers who own european doubles. They had never heard of a Searcy before. There were two gentlemen there that took the gun completely apart. Both thought the wood was beautiful and thought the gun to be well made. Both were impressed with the quality. One of these gentlemen has handled all diffenent makes of doubles and stated that the quality of my rifle was superb. The fit and finish there was nothing to complain about. One had just bought a Krieghoff and had spent considerably more than I had for my Searcy, he was duly impressed with Butch's work. Both thought I had gotten a good deal.