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Been following a very long thread on The Double Gun site, "Reinforcing Sterotypes etc" way down 6 or 7th page gunsmith gave his opinion on the design fit and finish of American Doubles including Parker's

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/...=424289&page=1

I don't know enough about it to say if he is right or wrong. Have a look pretty interesting.


William

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Interesting discussion. I think the thread you are referencing is on page 8 and by Dewey Vicknair. Dewey knows his stuff and does top notch work and pretty much nails it from the technical aspect of various designs. But we all know that there is much more to these guns than technical stuff- stuff you can't put you finger on. I have to agree with him as I highly respect his opinions.

Dewey is a good friend and I understand his opinions about American guns. However, I own a bunch of American guns and enjoy and respect them. End of story. Dewey's opinions about some American guns don't prevent him from working his art an many of them. Another "end of story".

Everything that Dewey says about the Parker design plus' and negs is 100% spot on.

Anyone who works on the guns regularly would tell you the same thing.


What surprises me is the people on that damned board that question his opinions that are built on experience

His post on Parkers seems to concur with what I have read other smith's say, however this comment on page by him is a bit more surprising.

"I have many years working on shotguns from every industrialized nation on Earth and I can tell you that there is nothing impressive about any classic-era American shotguns. Once one has seen actual high quality, it becomes difficult to make excuses for guns like the Smith."

Appreciate things for what they are, not what they are compared to something else.

Doesn't that pretty much describe that board all the way "across the board"?

I am not at all surprised people question his experience.

Sadly we live in a society where difference of opinion means you are attacking me and invalidating what I value. Now one can be allowed to disagree with anyone anymore without it being an attack.


Jeez I sound a lot older than 35 saying that.....

That board is awful. I have thrown in a small donation every year in the interest of supporting double gun stuff, but will not do so anymore. You get one helpful post like the one referenced and then 10 posts by the troublemakers.

Dewey's comments about the American doubles are interesting. L. C. Smiths tend to have more problems than the others, in my experience. I just finished dumping two of them to trade up to a Fox.