Tarbe
Many thanks for the great photo's and the story that goes with them. Most of the people I know who have drillings and combo guns around the greater Atlanta area are all collectors and the guns are never used. When I see these absolutely outrageous drillings, with the exhibition grade wood, perfect checkering done in extra fancy patterns, hand carved designs very tastefully worked into the stock, with gold encrusted engraving, they are usually at one end of "the billiards room" in a $30,000 dollar beautifully hand carved, exotic wood gun cabinet and the guns are shown off over brandy and Cuban cigars after the billiards game. Many of them have never been, and they will never be taken out hunting and that is a shame. But at least people who do that have good taste and they have invested their money wisely because those guns are not going to depreciate in value. And an "investment" is exactly how they are viewed by their owners.
Those guns were INTENDED to be used for hunting and they are very well, indeed, IDEALLY SUITED for hunting. It is good to see that you are doing that and doing it successfully. May the red gods of the hunt look favorably on you and grant you continued success.
