Why any EU double gun maker would go bust? In addition to the reasons mentioned above there is the ascendancy of the autoloader in Europe.
Over 60 per cent of respondents in an EU survey favored self loaders mentioning instant repairability, owner servicing as reasons. Now with almost universal offering of choke tubes and stock shims the auto is arguably more popular and more "bespoke" than the stock double. It can be made to fit the owner in minutes at zero cost. It costs less to buy than a stock double and much less to repair. Gunsmithing is not cheap (nor fast) in Europe and barring some UK shoots the autoloader is acceptable in most types of EU hunting.
