I think any firearm marketed as Gold for Lead price typically has all the cosmetic touches, but cost is saved wherever you can't easily see.
Smokeless powder, and the explosion in pheasant populations winnowed the HDWE gun field pretty quickly. The 20$ shotgun in whatever brand sold well, and 100 years later we can see which designs were better. Their representatives survived in better condition and number.
None of my opinion keeps me from buying them as I want. I just look harder, and try to be smart on what work I'm willing to get involved with.
I mean heck, they're 100+ years old.
edited: Now, Daryl, I wouldn't consider that a "low grade" shotgun.
Last edited by ClapperZapper; 04/11/15 12:07 PM.
