I guess then that Holland and Hollands are no longer hand made then because they use CNC!

To me hand made means:- if the action and barrels are finally shaped and struck off by HAND, the ribs HAND soldered, the engraving is HAND done, the stocking HAND fitted and shaped, the balance HAND done, polishing hand done etc etc that is hand made.

If a manufacturer choses to make the initial shape of the action or barrels by maching this is good commercial sense, the slave trade died out years ago, whats the point having some poor soul chipping and filing away for 7 days at a lump of steel when a machine can do it in 7 minutes... the devil is in the finish and the final attention to hand detail.

Jonty