Are they art are are they tools or something of both? I have shot every firearm I own or have owned but I haven't shot some in many years yet I still enjoy them. I would shoot the mini "Farkie" but I'd never take it to the woods and I wouldn't shoot it much. It is first and foremost ART. The Ottmar Mauser is also beautiful but it has the looks of a very fine tool that deserves to be used. One needs to be admired and preserved as art, much like a fine oil painting. The other admired and used. It would be like not taking your Labrador duck hunting. At least that's how I feel about it.

Jerry Liles