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Thats a keeper!

A few points of order here: an O/U rifle is not a double rifle. A double rifle (that is, a proper one, SXS) with a single trigger is the answer to a question that nobody asked. A double rifle with a scope is cheating. Thus endeth the pronouncements.

I was 'kinda wondering where the slug post came from, and what is has to do with these two guns?

And where Thorny was when he really needed me? I could have used the gun...
Best,
Ted

Check out this Continental shotgun:

http://www.thadscott.com/18552.html

If that gun is all OK, it's a fantastic deal.

And off topic, but related to Wales, why were the aristocrats who held land along Welsh/English border called Marcher Lords? Where does "Marcher" come from?

Thanks

OWD & much more.

I think "March" comes from "marche" which I suspect means "border" in French or perhaps Norman French (there's a part of France that is called "La Marche" and is an ancient border between two now defunct kingdoms). So maybe it is just the Norman version of "borderers" and "Border Lairds." In Norman times, those borders were about like the old Iron Curtain; heavily fortified by the Anglo-Normans against the Wild Welsh and heavily contested with them.

Someone with better knowledge and a better memory may well come along, but until that happens, "That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!"

Corrections to "Pronouncements". A "double" either of the juxtaposed, or, superposed variety, that shoots sub 2" groups at 100 yards, is, indeed, a "rifle". To suggest otherwise, is to be uninformed of the concept of a rifle-see Townsend Whelen.

A double of either variety, equiped with a scope, that allows those who might otherwise NOT be able to enjoy the experience, due to handicaps of physical ability, or simply age, is not cheating, and to suggest otherwise is simply bad form. Ditto a single trigger. I know a gentleman who deeply longs to use double triggers, but the roadside bomb that took most of his trigger hand two years past changed what he is able to use, and the answer that he wishes he didn't need to have the question for is a single trigger. To "pronounce" this heros needs as somehow inferior to some stated ideal ignores the fact that he needs to be out there with us, and we need him to participate.
Best,
Ted

Good man - Ted!

And, Leo, how was the movie?

Leo,

My cottage is about a mile from Bettws Hall! I'll be picking up there this season, as well as Powys Castle and Vaynor Park.

If you are shooting at Bettws, Delbury or Kempton this season give me the dates and I'll make a point of being there...small world what?

Regards Eug

It's reference to the history of border warfare in the area. Quite simply the "Marches" were where men marched. It's hard to imagine now the degree of intensity with which the wars were fought, and the lengthy period that they occupied.

Virtually from Roman times (hence the fortress at Wroxeter guarding the Severn crossing) until the disappearnce from history of Owain Glyndwr there was fighting. There must be as many castles both defensive and offensive along the Marches as in the rest of Europe put together!

regards
Eug