Hahaha!
That's quite funny, Nudge. Sorry to hear you have bickering anywhere in your life. As far as willful misinterpretation goes, I can't help what you write. Those were your words and your choices. And misfires? Were you forced to read it or could you just not help yourself? Seems a little self serving at this point.
To bring this at least back onto guns, the reason I took exception to your statements regarding Brit guns is you seem to ignore the fact that the Brit gun industry was export oriented and they made what the market wanted. The punitive tariffs applied by the US to protect home industry resulted in a "distortion" of production by the Brits for your market. Not arguing good or bad, just that is what happened.
So it was not an "aesthetic" that Brit guns had but a response to a tariff-created market distortion. Without the tariffs, it's likely the US would be awash in more robust Brit guns, suitable for the kind of hunting done in NA.
