Gunwolf;
Thank you for your reply and the photographs of the beautiful and magnificent Max Ern double rifle. I have considered Hartmann & Wiess to build the finest guns and rifles in the world, and it is good to learn that there is another gunmaker that will take their place. The double rifle that you show in your photo radiates quality, beauty, perfect balance and handling even without having to try it in ones hands. Every thing that I can see about this double rifle is perfect: the fit of the wood; the beauty of the wood and emphasis on strong straight grain in the hand portion of the buttstocki; the perfect case coloring, the forming and finishing of the bolster, the engraving that does not overstate itself and is perfectly cut, the rising bite third fasterner; the perfectly formed and properly spaces triggers; the barrel blacking is ever bit the equal of the famed Johnson's work in the UK; and finally perfect checkering points.
