Quote Originally Posted by davsel View Post
Guns were once beautifully engineered works of art with deep blued steel and polished wood grained furniture. Then along came aluminum and, once they figured out how to keep parts from cracking, they sold like crazy - usually for a higher price. Then came plastic, and I just had to hang my head - retails for the same as before.

I suppose I'm just a neanderthal who misses the beauty, engineering, and ruggedness that once was.
You can thank mass production and the EPA for the loss of Hand Crafted, Deep European Blued guns. OR you can do some research and loacte a gunsmith who builds fine shooting arms.
Of course we'd be burdened by you, complaining how expensive it's become to buy a custom firearm.