Get real.
No one comes up to you and asks if they might touch your 626.
What's my point? Everybody needs to assess their desires. Do you want to be remembered because you own a London best, or because you were a far above average shot?
SRH
Neither. I don't hunt or shoot or select guns to impress others. The enjoyment I get is being in the moment, for myself. And if any of my shooting or hunting partners have a memory of me, I hope that it is that I am a good person to spend time with.
Whatever quality guns I have, however good they may be, I get all the satisfaction I get from them from my own opinion of handling and shooting them. Not someone else's. The idea of having a particular gun because it means I have "arrived" is a repugnant idea to me.
And it's not for lack of knowledge of what having "arrived" means. Beside Wingshooter from this site, the last guy I hunted with stands a good chance of having to buy our other hunting partner from that day a new matched pair of Purdey if a particular deal goes through. That includes the trip to London for fitting.
