It's pretty amazing to me that the fine Purdey's built during the tenure of crossedchisles and his gang of friends there have apparently survived in the real world and continue to be highly prized guns. The amount of alcohol consumed by the merry gang there (at least according to the stories posted here by the Hon. Master Trevallion) would seem to work contrary to fine craftsmanship. Must be something in the water (??) that "insulates" from harmful effects of over imbibing???