Robert:
I think we can agree that if the Metropolitan is the twin of the Interchangable, it is a mediocre product at best.
They were not JABCs but a few steps up.
It amuses me to think that if any of these carved stocked guns were shipped to the States, and expected to bring an influx of orders, the senders were sorely disappointed. This was not then and not now to the American taste. Perhaps in the Milwaukee and Texas hill country men of German extraction would be impressed but I feel that few were.
The rest of the gun buying public wanted tools and the embellishment of stocks with such Germanic carving was way over the top.
Best,
John
