Andy - The learning curve isn’t necessarily steep, depending on how you want to learn. If you want to learn quickly you’re going to miss a lot of the subtleties that go into the final equation of whet constitutes originality vs a really good re-do. There are a number of things to look for but sometimes they just hint or whisper to you.
I don’t claim to be an expert but, like you said, I have looked at a LOT ( many hundreds) of guns and in time the ability to know what you’re looking at will come easily - but sometimes I still question my own opinion.
Thanks for the kind words of confidence.
Dean
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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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