rigbymauser

that is the major difference between the US and the rest of the world.

The US love everything original whereas - say the UK, guns are / were sent for cleaning, refinishing, repair at the end of the season.

it is just a clash of two markets, and it was very interesting when the US really started buying English type guns many years ago.

Nothing wrong with either view IMHO.

NZ has some superb - ex Purdey for one - workers who's work is second to none.

Subject to the bore being OK, I was looking at that as a good shooting gun.