Let’s not get too carried away. It’s a humorous poke at our unique devotion to old American boxlocks. We can take a joke from our British cousins. The TGS videos are fantastic and I’ve learned a lot through them, particularly about British guns and game shooting. The Brits made and continue to make incredible shotguns. Ours were crude by comparison. And that’s OK. We love our Parker, Fox, LC Smith, Winchester, Remington and so many other great American shotguns. They speak to us as Americans, machine tool marks and all. And do you know that top two selling shotguns in the UK? Browning and Beretta. John Browning’s design is wildly popular with Brits, far more than anything they produce. Hell, very few people can afford a new British gun. They make a small number of the highest quality guns each year for the wealthy. The industry they created has been taken over by others. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for developing the modern shotgun, and shotgun sports in general. They have refined and perfected both to an amazing level. We’re big enough to take a little jab. Their guns are the guns of kings and nobility. Ours put food on the table, feeding millions. Both are something to be very proud of.
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