Preacher, did you feel you were being helpful or encouraging when you repeatedly posted the same few images of small bore Ithaca Flues shotguns with cracked frames... without knowing or revealing how or why they cracked? Or were you simply being a narcissist who was once again attempting to portray himself as a double shotgun expert... an "expert" with a large collection of pictures, but very limited hands-on experience? How about you making the same false observation about frame cracking in Fox Sterlingworth guns? You had no idea what the root cause of the Fox guns' cracking issue was until I directed you to Dewey Vicknair's analysis of the problem.
As you have finally noticed, Dewey gave poor reviews to a number of machine made American doubles, perhaps none worse than the L.C. Smith guns you like.
Dewey did not say that Ithaca Flues doubles were especially prone to frame cracking when fired with appropriate loads. I certainly did not say they were the finest designed, engineered, and built double shotgun. But unlike you, I did not try to create a false narrative that they were prone to cracking under normal use. It didn't take a lot of research on my part to determine that when details surrounding Flues guns with cracked frames was available, it was virtually always due to severe abuse in the form of excessive loads, or stress caused by doubling with heavy high brass field loads, as we saw in one example.
I find it amusing that you sought refuge and salvation in Dewey Vicknair's review of the Ithaca Flues gun, when only a few weeks ago, you said this about his views of the sloppy barrel joining of Model 21's:
I've been looking through the sales sites for more examples of the dovetail joint. Here is a better image.
I've found none with the gaps in Dewey's example and suspect his was chosen to confirm his bias
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So for today, Dewey is your hero and savior... but just weeks ago, you were frantically searching for every photo you could find of the lumps on Model 21 barrels... just so you could prove him wrong. Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E?
We could all go on and on about whether Argo44 has the right to complain about the listing price of a shotgun on G.I., or whether Ed needs phony pastoral preaching from you concerning his equal right to admonish Argo44 for complaining about Free Market Capitalism. You say you have no hatred for Ed, but you sure seem to home in on him and his perceived faults. I picked out two very revealing points from your last paragraph.
No hatred for ed,.... (BTW I still have ed's pictures
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You say you have no hatred for Ed...
then later go on to say you still maintain your collection of pictures that you repeatedly used to drag his name through the dirt. What conclusions can we draw from that? And you had absolutely nothing to say about those who are apparently cheating Dave via their Free Tagline Advertising??? Were Ed's words to Argo44 worse behavior than that? Will you join me in asking them to simply tell us if they are paying Dave the $12.00 fee for each and every sale made as a result of that Free Advertising? Or does your church approve of and bless theft by deception?
I note that you once again mention your disapproval on my use of the word Libtard (which is very appropriate for Liberal Left gun owners who vote for anti-gun Democrats). Why do you act so offended, but you never once answered me when I asked why you never complained when a couple of your pals here used the word "Retard"???? It's interesting that you keep saying you aren't afraid of me Preacher. But I have never given you any reason to be afraid of me. You sound like someone who lives in fear. I believe that what you are truly afraid of is being seen as a phony and a hypocrite who hides behind Scripture. Dewey reviews shotguns, and I review phonies like you.
