My focus has long been singly on pre WWII German guns. The older Merkels, J P Sauers, Simsons, and guns by so many small local shops that you couldn't name them all. These guns represent some of the very best guns ever made by manufacturers generally representing themselves as building guns for the general public, not just the aristocracy. They are only now beginning to move upward in price, and there are still some very good buys out there. Wonderful old world craftsmanship that is not available in the post war stuff.