The renown British gun author, gun historian and general authority on British guns, Douglas Tate has been quoted numerous times stating that "you buy the gun, not the name". However, it takes knowledge and experience to be able to know the difference, and the number that do are few, very few. A.A. Brown can and has built guns equal or better to a Purdey, and how many have even any knowledge of this gunmaking firm and its owner Robin Brown, much less be able to describe the difference of the form of a single bar action versus a double bar action.
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