I kind of agree with you on quality. I was in London last fall and I checked out new guns at H&H and Purdey's. They were bad.
And I've heard gunsmiths say that because so many of the parts are being CNCed, the gunmakers have lost the skill that it takes to really file up the action, metalwork, etc and make it all right.
That being said, I still wonder where Hellis is getting raw forgings. I'll have to look into it. Perhaps I'm mistaken on some of this.
Also, I hear the new Greener SxSs are spectacular guns. I haven't had one in my hands yet, but the people I know who have handled and shot them say they are the finest guns coming out of the UK.
I haven't heard a thing about Hellis, but that doesn't mean much.
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