A lot of these rebarrelling jobs would never have even been considered if the American sportsmen hadn't been duped into believing their cherished doubles with Twist and Damascus barrels were no longer safe to shoot. I place a lot of the blame for this on the gun manufacturers and their cohorts, the powder manufacturers, who jointly spread the myths.
Modern powders and the cheaper to manufacture fluid steel barrels spelled the end of the beautiful to look at composite barrels.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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