As Steve said, there has been very little upturn in the economy. If a person has the money to spend on a nice side by side will pick whatever they want. The question being are the upper end Spanish guns now worth the 10% to 15% increase in price we've seen over the last year. The middle class guy looking for his once in a lifetime special gun will be more likely to buy used. Our interest in side by sides put us in a niche so small that it rarely is part of the statistics for yearly shotgun sales. If we look at the past we find Winchester might not have made a profit, and if I remember correctly there were more 00 and field grade LC Smiths sold than all the Parker's combined. If anyone has an answer please share as the answer is important to me also. Mark