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Unread 02-10-2020, 08:24 AM   #6
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Belgium makers made everything from guns that were crap to start with up to best guns.
Don't forget our precious Parker Bros. damascus guns we think so highly of mostly wear tubes made in Belgium.

I would guess that most of the ones we see in the US deserve the JABC title (Just Another Belgium Clunker)
a seller could have any name he wanted put on a gun if he ordered a minimum number -
often that was a name we think was designed to fool the buyer, but I wonder if it really did -
i doubt a tourist buying a $25 Rolex in NYC actually thinks he is getting a real Rolex
but more than likely is hoping that at a quick glance from a distance he is going to fool a buddy.


simply put, every Belgium gun has to stand on its own- one of my favorite guns for woodcock hunting is a Henri Pieper hammer gun-
very nice wood, fair engraving, light and fast on birds - he was one of Parker's barrel suppliers

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