The situation is even worse for side-by-side flintlock and percussion shotguns. They have been obsolete for an even longer period of time, and replaced by more efficient cartridge firing guns. That's why you can't even give them away.

If the demand for solid wood and steel guns finished by expensive hand labor is declining, that just indicates poor taste and bad judgement to me. I like them even better when they have those dangerous Damascus barrels that would cost as much as a small car to duplicate today.

BrentD tells us once again that coyotes are actually good for wild bird populations. Here's a few pics of coyotes saving game birds from death by lead poisoning. Has anyone considered that game bird populations have fallen dramatically ever since nutty ecologists like BrentD started managing the resource?:






Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug