Originally Posted By: Kyrie
Originally Posted By: WildCattle
Originally Posted By: Kyrie

None of this was true of Spain. Twentieth century Spain was never the battleground for a World War, was never invaded or conquered by a foreign power, and saw socialism rise only after the death of Franco. Spanish guns were never gathered up and sold in mass as was the case in Germany, France, and Belgium, and the Spanish were never forced to sell their fine, old guns to make tax payments.


Sadly, this statement shows an utterly complete ignorance of Spain's history...

The truth is that Spain rose as a gun making trade through the extremely low wages which were the norm after WWII, when Spain was almost completely isolated under Franco's dictatorship.
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The Spanish “gun making trade” that you assert rose after World War II (1945) was flourishing in the 1880s. If there is ignorance of the history of gun making in Spain, I think you have just made a stab at claiming title.


I know I said I was done but I lied... like Kyrie said, it may be pointless, but its fun.

You say the Spanish gun trade was "flourishing" in the 1880s.... if that's true, where are all of the shotguns that were produced? I see them nowhere. Not here in the states, not in the U.K., not in Spain, and not in the rest of the Europe. That's because the Spanish gun trade didn't really "flourish" until later. It wasn't until after WWII that Spain became a major player in the SXS market. That's when production really kicked up. Before that, it was quite limited. Prove me wrong, please.