Thanks for that Ed.
It's interesting to see that the Marketing execs of a major gun manufacturer still see a potential market for entry level side by side double shotguns, when so many people feel the market for double shotguns is all but dead. I continue to believe that even as older shooters age out and die off, there will always be a segment of younger shooters and hunters who will gravitate toward doubles, and continue to buy them, because they are as effective and attractive today as they were 100 years ago. I acknowledge the market for vintage doubles as investments isn't what it was 30 years ago (same as many other once hot collectibles), but as I watch completed sales prices on Gunbroker and other auction sites, I'm still seeing even field grade guns holding their own, and at least keeping pace with inflation. The greatest threat to all future gun values continues to be from anti-gun Democrats, and it is in the power of gun owners to change that by voting in our best interests. That means registering and showing up to support pro-2nd Amendment candidates, at a bare minimum. I am not in any panic selling mode, and see no reason for anyone else to liquidate their old doubles in a Fire Sale either. Modern made doubles that are able to handle steel shot without damage help to insure continued interest. Opposing lead shot bans is even better, rather than rolling over like a whipped puppy. A non-double owner asked me last week to help him find a good deal on a nice 16 gauge Lefever, because he really liked mine. Interest in doubles is far from dead, and I won't be any part of a self-fulfilling prophesy to discourage interest in them.
I know what you are saying there Ed, even with the intentional misspelling and grammatical errors. But I don't hold you to the same standard as a retired English teacher who frequently misspells words here, because you aren't paid to be a positive influence on children. I can't really say whether I like it or not because the photos in your link are too small to judge on my cell phone. And for some reason, the photos don't open up on my iMac PC. Hopefully, I'll get to examine one at a gun shop.
It is also interesting to me that the Turks are able to produce and sell fairly attractive side by side double shotguns with better than average wood at affordable prices under $1100.00, when the prevailing thought is that simply making a replacement set of side by side barrels is so tremendously complex that it should cost almost as much as many new cars. It would be great if today's shooters were able to send their old Parker or L.C. Smith frame to Turkey to be fitted for a new set of barrels, as shooters did in the past by sending them to gunmakers in Italy or Belgium. Unfortunately, anti-gunners have made the regulations and logistics of that ridiculously difficult and costly too.
But we're not supposed to even mention politics here... even when anti-gun Liberal Left political activism is slowly screwing our eyes out.
