Interesting point about Orvis. With each spring fishing catalog touting the latest and best, I often wondered if fishing that spring with my old stuff would be worth the effort. However, compared with Herters' "World Famous" products, Orvis was almost 'aw shucks" modest in its ads. Regarding RBLs, the good ones really look great, but I have read about enough quality control issues with RBL's on various forums to make me wonder if anyone gave the gun a good eyeballing before it left Connecticut. One that really stood out was rough chambers. Photos showed "ring" marks the length of one chamber. If the internet had been around during the 1920s would there have been the same complaints about Fox, Parker et al? I don't think so.
