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John,
Even when the Dakins were new, they (and other Spanish guns) presented a problem. The Spanish at that time used a lot of "cottage labor". Rough forged parts were given to people who worked at home, with a gage, a vise and a file, and were paid piecework. Then a "factory" worker hand fitted the parts. Everyone got maybe a buck a day. If you ordered a part, you got the rough forging. Then you, or your gunsmith, spend hours or days trying to make it fit, at a lot more than a buck a day.
This is not, BTW, theory. I spent a lot of time trying to fit parts into those guns; I was usually successful but often felt like wrapping the da*n junk around a tree.
People tell me that things have changed in Spain. I hope so, but I don't think I'll buy any Spanish shotguns.
Jim
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