Quote Originally Posted by jonnyone View Post
Morning Barry,
This goes back further than a decade and relates to any number of marques that I favour. Its the fact that none of them undertake hand cut checkering to stocks these days. We all know why this has happened: costs.
But all the same I just cannot replicate the feeling I had when unpacking my HW80 in 1984. It looked and felt hand crafted.
I simply don't get anywhere near that feeling when handling a newly acquired modern gun these days
Dave
My new 2018 model HW35E comes pretty damn close to my 1982 model.