Perhaps the market is self correcting and taking us back to the golden age of shotgunning. Back then a mid ranking officer made about 500 pounds annually and a "best" cost 100 pounds. The same rank officer now makes 55000 pounds and the "best" costs almost twice that, despite the introduction of cost cutting CNC machines. Something ain't right!
Military pay is documented and lots of military ranks appear in the ledger books of top makers, thus giving us an indication of the purchasing power of a large percentage of buyers during the golden age of shotgunning.
