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I've been curious Lowell why this bothers you so much? Many of the threads do have a certain sameness...
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein
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And now, Lowell and treblig, by the powers vested in me by the great state of confusion, I pronounce you man and wife!! You may kiss.
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Old Sods pride is behind the door near hidden but easily accessible box of Estate Cartridge 'Special Tactical Bushshot Load' #4. Always on duty. 
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There are reoccurring themes, and I guess this is mine.
Never much interested in the nuts 'n bolts of guns/rifles - but interested in the social implications both past and present of these things.
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And you (including me this time) continue to respond to these ramblings, thereby enforcing the Pavlovian response to attention.
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Lowell did you notice Robert Chambers Pavlovian remark to me in the "Damascus Explained" thread... 
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Field grades are field grades... of nearly any make, ever heard the phrase,"They made 1000's of those things"?? The only real sad thing is the price some are willing to pay to some special highly regarded online dealers. Maybe even sadder... the fact that the dealers are actually attending shows, sales, auctions (and/or paying someone else to) to pick up these guns to sell at 3 times the price.
Not a bash on field grades, I have plenty, just a reality check.
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I paid $1200 for 12ga Sterlingworth ejector of equal condition to the 20br gun found on page 142 of AH Fox book 2004 ed. Honestly, the thing is worth about $600, but thanks to Thorny I wanted one REALLY BAD. Gee, thanks for the comment R.R. I really needed a reality check. 
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Don't know why field grades get dissed so much. Who in the right mind would hunt chukar on a 45 degree slope on loose rock (sometimes in the snow) with a +20k gun in their hand when a slip and fall is a sure thing or leave their heirloom upland gun in the truck at the boat launch whilst duck hunting when car prowlers at hunting sites are all too common nowadays. Seems there is more opportunity in the field for the field grades than the fancy jewels; those are best left for the club range or den to impress the unworthy.
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Again, no 'dissing' of the field grades, I agree, they kill birds just as well as a graded gun... they don't know the difference. At the same time, not everyone hunts on loose rocks on a 45 degree slope and everyone has their own comfort zone. Nothing that I own is reserved for the range, nor has anyone been in my 'den' for years. I tend to purchase what makes me happy... or to sell to online dealers.
Yet, once again, the point of my once subtle post was... get to some gun shows, estate sales, auctions(not big gun auctions), garage sales... lots of poor ones, but the good stuff is where you find it. Most of the good deals online are gone within hours, many, minutes, some dealers/sellers leave the guns up for months, others take it down as soon as they get an offer. Most of us have a non-gundealer job here and can't spend the time to catch most deals. Beyond all of that, better to see a gun in person and walk away, than to pay to see one poorly represented. Most guns seem to photograph better than in reality.
Just my opinion, no more, I don't want to ruin my good thing.
Pj, after bashing every known American gunmaker since this board started.... why bother?? Or is this a new leaf as with LG??
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