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Marrakai
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Re: Value of doubles,up or down?
17/04/14 10:52 AM

Those who purchased cased sets of Purdeys new in bygone times were not mad, but simply affluent. Incredibly rich, usually, as members of the peerage or even royalty. In their social circles they would have been considered mad to not own a Purdey!

Today incredibly rich people are still ordering brand new Purdeys and the like, and not raising an eyebrow.

It is left to we plebs to skimp and save, usually involving extreme sacrifice, in order to own just the older well-used Purdeys and their ilk. Indeed, we could be accused of 'lunacy' for such extreme economic prioritizing, but the original owners were merely following accepted social practices without a second thought.

Thank God it is actually achievable for Mr Average to own a 'best' gun today, even though it will invariably be pre-owned. The chance of a minimum wage earner of a hundred years ago actually owning a cased set of London sidelock ejectors in any condition was an absolute zero!

Long may the madness continue....

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Value of doubles,up or down?	gryphon	15/04/14 07:07 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	twobobbwana	15/04/14 10:46 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	Huvius	15/04/14 08:25 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	375Brno	15/04/14 09:16 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	gryphon	15/04/14 10:30 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	paradox_	15/04/14 10:47 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	Huvius	15/04/14 11:08 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	paradox_	15/04/14 01:43 PM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	NitroX	15/04/14 03:52 PM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	NitroX	15/04/14 04:16 PM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	Shotgunlover	16/04/14 03:37 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	paradox_	16/04/14 10:25 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	Ahmed577	16/04/14 10:39 PM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	Marrakai	17/04/14 10:52 AM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	calpappas	17/04/14 12:52 PM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	paradox_	17/04/14 10:23 PM
Re: Value of doubles,up or down?	NitroX	16/04/14 08:43 PM

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