I wonder if composite tubes were paired at the barrel maker's or here at the factory?
We know that they were difficult and even impossible to how the pattern was wound when they were in the silver stage, and they did need to be paired in order to get this beautiful mirror-image effect.
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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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