Wow, Oskar, I stand in awe of your arrangement. If you can walk from your house to your duck blind, and skip the dawn patrol, you've got your life set up in a way the rest of us can only envy.
On the general issues of Turkish double guns and inexpensive second hand guns, I guess I'd offer the following:
Among the good reasons to buy a second hand gun, the chance of a great deal on something you couldn't otherwise afford is perhaps the most dangerous. Anyone contemplating it would be well advised to go to the thread on this board called "On the Philosophy of Workmanship . . ." and follow the link to Mike Rowe's cry from the heart about the poor maintenance of and shoddy repairs on second hand guns that come into his shop. He also mentions the nasty little problem of unscrupulous sorts who cosmetically pretty a gun up just enough to mask the need to major (and expensive) work. So, caveat emptor and pick who you do business with carefully if you're looking at second hand guns.
As for Turkish doubles, I own two, both made by AKUS. One is a 20 ga. imported by Smith & Wesson as a 'Gold Elite.' The other is a 16 ga. that I bought at Cabela's as a 'Dickinson.' I'm very happy with both of them. The 20 ga. was built to a price point 50% higher than the 16 ga. and that shows. Since the first of the year I've shot a couple of thousand rounds through the 16 ga. with no problems. At 6 1/2 pounds it's a little light for sporting clays (odd comment to make about a Turkish gun), but next week I'll take it grouse hunting and I suspect I'll like the weight just fine out there. I'm not crazy about the name 'Dickinson' (sounds a little too much like 'Dickson' to my taste), but with people resurrecting the Joseph Manton name and venerable brands trading through bankruptcy or being slapped onto product extension lines (Purdy neckware, Holland & Holland barware, anyone? or is it the other way 'round?), I suppose I'm being fussy. Anyway, that's a bone to pick with the American importer, not the Turkish gun maker.
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