I kind of wonder about that about the M11 being the end of doubles. Even Remington brought out the 32 and bought Parker within 25 years of the decision to discontinue doubles. Remington probably actually lost tens of thousands of sales by this decision. There was the depression, of course. Yet many makers sold a lot of doubles in competition with the autos and pumps in the interwar period, despite the depression. Didn't LC Smith have robust sales even after WW II? Stevens probably sold more doubles after WW II than before WW II. For practical hunting guns I think doubles are the best option, especially because repeaters are plugged at three anyway. I wonder if American gunmakers, besides Stevens missed a chance to keep selling doubles after WW II.
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