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I was shooting with a fellow in FL years ago who had an engraved PGun. A four barrel barreled set as I recall. He was shooting the 28 gauge barrels. It took four years to build, from his order date he said. It was a master piece of engraving art, with wood you could spend a lifetime trying to find. Perfect in every way. He let me enjoy it with him and it was a delight to hold and take in. My gun was a lowly D grade 28 gauge 1100 I was left by a friend, which I was very happy with. Nice, but not in league with the PGun. At a guess, I would say it was near a 50K for the four barrel set and that was 30-40 years ago.
So off we went to shoot. When he missed high four, behind it I said. Engraving, he said let him down. And we both laughed. We shot four rounds that day and he missed one in every round. I did not. But I would say, he won. He went home with a gun, that is rarely equaled and he enjoyed shooting it and I had a meaningless practice hundred straight. I am sure he is long gone, few men live to be 100 plus. Always wondered what gun room that PGun ended up in, gathering dust as a work of art gun. That table of guns represent guns, which are held and looked at, but never shot and enjoyed. Kind of a shame to me. From that one day I learned from him, that even the finest guns are to be shot. I regularly take my Model 42 Pigeon grade and other high grades, hunting and Sporting Clays shooting. What is the point of owning a beautiful gun, if you never get to shoot it? Lend them freely to others to enjoy and use them. Nobody will care after we are gone much so let everyone enjoy what you have a bit. If I owned every gun on that table they all would get shot.
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