but may not be doing the name much of a favor. I think they might have considered it an option as a rough use gun, rather than making claims that it's a new 'best' rifle benchmark and criticize the performance of their previous bolt rifles and likely the clients that purchased them
Agree. In this day and age a fine gunmaker would most likely need to subsidise "best" guns with other products, but Purdey already sells a massive collection of these products such as belts, socks, walking canes, china, glasses, pants, shoes, dog pillows and about a million other products. I don't think they should have dropped the classic bolt gun and called this cheapened one the new "best". Same goes for the half-Italian Sporter boxlock with monobloc barrels, and the upcoming O/U Purdey boxlock that will be English made. They are ruining a reputation built over two centuries in my opinion
