IM,
Well put. I have had my manhood questioned EVERY time I report similar findings with Fox guns on this site-there have been several photos of blown up Fox guns here, not just barrels, which is usually an obstruction, but, frames cracked through the pins on the side.
Stand by for some of the same.
I get a creepy feeling when I handle Japanese or Turkish guns-it is just me, and I take full responsibility for it, and hope no-one else is troubled by it. Me, I'd keep saving and go Uggy model 30 if new was of primary concern (it 'ain't, and I bought a 1972 vintage American Imports 1302 that needed some love from Cole Haugh to be fitted to me-I fully expect to take the gun to Spain early next year for some driven bird shooting, and will have WAY less than 1K into a fitted,A&D non ejector, double trigger, boxlock, with a hidden Purdey third fastener, magnum proof, and a spare set of strikers and tool for same) before I bought anything from Turkey.
Old, used, double guns spook me. Especially really old used doubles. I don't agree with much PJ puts up, but, really old used pump guns give me no such misgivings.
Best,
Ted
