Love 'em or hate 'em they are great guns. But are they truely the best American hand crafted gun, would they be considered the American version of Purdey for the time period? I have always heard or read "As a kid I always dreamed of owning a Parker". I myself have been guilty of thinking this. Now I own Parkers and absolutely love them, I have also owned many other American made guns, but they didnt stay long and have found other homes, and now I find myself only with Parkers. So is there some mystic powers that keeps Parkers in the minds of those, or is that they are truely a greatest American made gun?