Kensal,
I'm not sure where you are coming from but I don't have to wait a century or so to appreciate quality gun work. Mr. Delgrago does fine work but there are a handful of other craftsman, Mr. Vicknair included, that do fine work and could have very easily worked for Parker Bros. in Meriden during that period. You obviously have not had much work done where you have had to ship things via UPS or USPS and incurred damaged. As a matter of fact Mr. Delgrago could not fix a single trigger Parker I shipped to him a total of three times. He sent it back with his apologies of not being able to reduce the second barrel's trigger pull under 8lbs. Took it to Mr. Vicknair and he had it down to a crisp 3.5lbs. in a matter of hours. Go figure. Did'nt even have to wait a couple of centuries. Don't think I could have waited that long as i'm kind of impatient. What I paid Mr. Vicknair was within $10.00 of what I paid in shipping and insurance. It's truly a no brainer.
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