I guess I am upgrading. Selling lower grades to buy the higher grades coming on the market. Perhaps this is what is driving DH grades down. My shooting student and doublegun mentor Joe Wood got me interested in collecting old doubles in 2005. In my memory there were no AH, BH or CH small bores "available to the public".- even on the interent. Right now I can think of a CH and AH in 28 gauge and an AH in 20 gauge out on the net. There have been several XE Fox sixteens show up in the last few months. And several D grade Fox 12s are popping up.
My primary market place is the internet. Not a lot of high grade Parkers, Foxes, or Ithacas show up at local gun shows. Like none.
Other than one trip to Sandonna/Vintagers I have never been to a gunshow in the North or North East though.
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