A road I've traveled and now experiencing: Many years ago Dan Cote" sent a fine English Shotgun to a well known gunsmith who suddenly had serious family health issues and couldn't be reached for almost two years. My brother and I had the opportunity in our travels to locate this gunsmith and take possession of Dan's gun and deliver it to Kirby Holt and back to Cote". Fast forward ~ 10 years and said gunsmith had returned and has been producing stellar work on English Shotguns. However earlier this year he notified us (brother & I) he was having issues!!!! I was able to immediately travel to his shop and retrieve multiple guns from one of his staff members. Unfortunately they were unable to locate a Beautiful Joseph Lang and the shop is now closed and we are unable to get any response from said gunsmith and/or his family. We were told by the Gun Shop employee we would be contacted and we are still waiting 9 months later.
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