Well it is true that I do have one hell of a soft spot for fine English sxs's like Boswell, WW Greener, Hollis and so on but I was kind of thinking a brand new O/U like a Franchi Harrier for fear of blowing too many rounds through a beautiful old sxs and trashing something nice like that would be such a waste, but by the same token to own something like that and not using it would also be sacrilege. The main motivation behind buying a new Franchi is the very real fact that my wallet won't allow me to own something like that just yet😃😝☺