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What surprised me most about it is that one particular poster, that I had respect for, participated in the bashing. I'm still astonished ..... but enlightened. And I'm not talking about Franc Otte, he did not bash anybody. All he wanted was to encourage Bill to post some pics of his Purdey.

SRH

I don't know how I got involved here, I haven't even made a post on this thread. Personally it never occurred to me to doubt whether 8-bore owned the guns he mentioned or not Whenever he spoke of one he was always detailed enough about them that he had to be familiar with them so U naturally assumed they were his. It does indeed appear this is correct.
PS; I've never sent in a picture either, but most of my guns are "Bottom Feeder's" anyway.

I'm making an assumption here, Miller, but I think Ted probably misspoke and meant to say Murphy. He can answer for himself, but I pick on him enough I can certainly come to his defense, too.

SRH

Spoken like a true Southern Gent, Suh- and as the late Phil Harris would have said- "And dat's what I like aout da South" Yassar..

I am very honored to be discussed on this thread, since many of those commenting are my friends. Some of them have bought and sold guns with me. Stan Hillis, for one, is a real down to earth guy whom I have the greatest respect for. A real double gun collector is also a competitive shooter, which Stan is. Don't worry about the thickness of my skin.

It was my lame attempt at humor, involving the other elder statesman of the board, which, I consider Eightbore and Miller to be, at least since Klunk isn't around anymore.
Never met either of you, but, respect your opinions on most everything related to doubleguns.

I'm pretty sure if we all met at a range somewhere, we would have a good time, regardless of our differences. We have enough in common with our guns.

Sorry if my post went awry. Enjoy the day, all of you.

You too, Stan.

Best,
Ted

We could meet at the Southern Side by Side if we made cellphone or meeting time and place arrangement. Everyone is so busy at the Southern that it is so hard to meet with new people. Let's see what we can do. The great meeting place is the RST tent at the road entrance. The time and day are to be determined.

Sounds good to me, Bill. I'll be looking forward to seeing you again. Check your private messages.

Thanks, Ted.

SRH

Stan, my cell phone contacts at the Southern are in my PM to you.

Ted;
No problem there at all, just didn't follow your meaning at first. I am, definitely an "Elder". Thanks for the vote of confidence. I realize we don't always 100% agree, but hey everyone is privileged to their own opinion. I still prefer a reasonably good sidelock to any boxlock I am aware of. Although they are a sort of Hybrid, I put my Lefevers in the sidelock category of desirableness.
I do like everything about a Darne except the placement of the safety, though I could learn to live with that & would take one above an A&D Boxlock.
I have never owned one so can't attest to their actual usefulness but to me the sculpting of the bar & curved back line of the "New Lefever" (D M Lefever cross bolt gun) gave it so much more of a pleasing appearance than the typical square frame, flat back A&D. The A&D action has proven reliable & stood the test of time, but to me they just leave too much to be desired cosmetically so are just not my Cup of Tea. On the other hand my Lefevers are all more than 100 years old so I believe they have also stood the test of time. Even one I gave $25.00 for as a parts gun with a crack in one barrel & a busted stock still has a tight & sound action. It appears to have been Rode very hard & put away Extremely Wet as the saying goes.
I do have a Birmingham made pre 1900 J P Clabrough with back action sidelocks on plates which look like bar actions that I shoot extremely well. I have replaced one part on it since I acquired it some 30 years ago, a stirrup in one of the locks, I made it so no cost involved though I did finish one days hunt using it as a single.On that particular day I had gone rabbit hunting with my dad, my son & one of dad's brothers plus a pack of beagles. To the beast of my recollection I killed my limit of 5 rabbits plus one woodcock we flushed with a total of 8 shots, above average for me, but I always shot that gun extremely well.