I agree that the very high end market for doubles will persist, smaller supply of those guns that the very wealthy can pursue.
I just don't see how the rest of the market can hold steady. Seems to me the the number of bird hunters are dropping for obvious reasons. I am about the last of the Mohicans in my area. Historically many doubles were made and used for upland hunting. I know some doubles were used for waterfowl, I doubt if many are used for this now. The only young wing shooters I know are duck hunters who use plastic guns. Doubles for sure aren't used for clays in any appreciable numbers. I attended the Ronald McDonald House charity shoot this summer in Evansville IN, about 250 shooters---0 side by sides present.
It would by good to be young now and have the next few decades to purchase some guns.
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