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why are german made guns not as popular as guns made elsewhere?
with the exception of some of the late east german made guns, all that have passed thru my hands are of fine quality in all respects...
the pre ww1 guns are especially nice.
Last edited by ed good; 09/17/15 02:27 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Last edited by skeettx; 09/17/15 02:47 PM.
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Good question Ed. No doubt that they are well made but I think they seem to lack the gracefulness of their English cousins. Saying that I did have a beautiful Greifelt Drilling that I regret parting with. Lagopus.....
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Don't feed the Troll guys.
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Maybe a quick refreshing with a torch will make them more desirable.
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have noticed that engraved german and austrian guns seem to have a following...
wonder why there are so few austrian made field guns, in comparison to the number of german made field guns?
and if you wish to act the part of a fool, then meet me down below in the chess pool, if you dare...
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Ed, just guessing, but I think there might be several parts involved. First, the English were a world empire and mercantile power who supplied sporting arms over all of the earth. Second, our culture has always been closely tied to England though there are probably as many Americans of European heritage as English. And I'm sure it helped we speak a common language. There is no question that German, French, Austrian, and even some of the Russian arms of that period compare favorably with anything England created. But most of their work remained at home. I agree with you, even some of the communist era guns display outstanding craftsmanship.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Theres no dougthing that the germans make good guns but most of the field grade ones i have handled i would call well made uninspiring, basic wood,a very basic attempt at engraving and a dam cheek piece which i hate .I have handled a couple of very exspenive germans and they were works of art. for some reason i like the feel of spainish/italian guns better hard to explain really
If i was ment to shoot under&overs my eyes would be vertical
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Ask a dealer which shotguns are the best and he will invariably
give something he wants to sell as an example....
Ask a die-hard collector which is the best and he will invariably hold forth on the ones he collects.
Ask a true gunsmith, one who makes a living working on guns, which are the best and German guns will rank at or near the top of his list.
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less firepower would result in less deaths from too much firepower in the hands of too many people...
it aint about bannin guns and it certainly aint bout bannin cars...
uh, its about firepower...
an ah will ax duh question once again:
"have we the people exceeded our carrying capacity for firepower?" Maybe German guns have too much firepower Ed. See more of Ed Good's anti-gun rhetoric here: ANTI-GUN POSTS by ED GOOD
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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