Very true, waited until price settled because of the lack of hard documentation linking it to Bing. Currently attempting to uncover the appropriate documentation for this firearm and verify the Bing Crosby connection.

I have Bing's Model 12 Pigeon Grade skeet-trap combo. It is a nice gun, worth much less than its price, but I love it.

It may be of interest to some that Joseph Lang The Elder introduced the first break action shotgun to the English sporting market. It was an E. C. Hodges design.

This, and other revelations in my upcoming book...