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Originally posted by KY Jon:
Western Field, Crescent, Fulton, Stevens, Savage, Nitro Specials and all Sears brands were all working men guns. Fox, LC Smith and Parker were their bosses guns. Graded Fox, Smith and Parkers were the company owners guns.

Lots of the hardware guns were bought by working men and farmers. But I suspect more Belgian klunkers went to farms than working men houses.

Really the best was which everone was in your family and handed down to you. That is a classic gun no matter who made it.
You have hit it squarely on the head.