Lagopus.....you need to read the history and understand what you're talking about.....Annie Oakley won more than 25 sanctioned shooting competitions with rifles and shotguns (against all the world competitors), BEFORE she ever went to the Continent with Cody and the Wild West show.......wherever she went, folks GAVE her guns for advertising......BUT she always used the Marlin's and LC's in her show routine......you know, the farmer guns.....plain Jane types......on the Continent she would shoot cigarettes and apples from the heads of statesmen.......on this side she used her dog with an apple on it's head......or her husband with a cigarette in his mouth.......

Bottom line is, IT IS the shooter, not the gun which wins in the end.......gun 10%----shooter 90%.........

Like the WWII North American P-51 Mustang....American Airframe, British Engine..........WON THE WAR..........just different styles and habits.........put them together and good things happen.....

Best Regards,

Doug