Another thing not yet mentioned is that the market has become flooded with these guns.
The older collectors are facing their mortality and, often as not, with nobody in their families to pass them down to, they go to market.
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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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