There's not a Purdey made that I'd take over some of the beautifully engraved and checkered American hardware store guns that I've seen in The Double Gun Journal.

I'm not trying to be provocative. We've been over this many times: what makes a gun particularly good or desirable.

I'll go further: I hunt all the time with old and used American guns more preferable to me than any I'd find elsewhere. Average price less than $1,000.

Hunting with someone using a Purdey would sure add spice, however, to the occasion. As would Lowell with his Beesley.