Well, you're a Texan, an American of a country with a glorious firearms history. I, too, would rather own an American double before any other because of our shared frontier history. Terrible and wonderful things came from the use of American hunting firearms. But that doesn't affect their significance in the development of our cultural heritage. You've set off on the right foot, RedofTx. Others will come over time from other countries, better guns in many respects than ours, but nothing beats looking at ours and saying that's where I came from.