One of the first doubles I bought was in Vegas from Don. It was a pleasure to do business with him.

When Don came into my store, I sat down and listened. Don was certainly one of the greats. he was the king of the 21 Winchester, but loved the Parkrs as well. He showed me several of the very high grade upgrades, and then at the Las vegas show showed me a Monogram L C Smith and then showed me another. He said look at rhe serial numbers, and I was surprised to see the same serial numbers on both guns, and the engraving and wood were absolutely identical. Another Don Criswell lesson. Always look before you leap.

I have shot pigeons with Don quite a bit, back in the day. We had a few Parker vs Winchester match-ups, with some side bets, of course.
In his later years he went to a Beretta auto loader and a release trigger, with which he punched into Master Class in sporting clays.
Don was a class act, and the real deal when it came to shooting.

Funny Story; John Milius was telling a group of us about Kerrs and how it started. Alex was a gun guy, and wanted to start a sporting goods store. He was the Heir of Kerr Glass( like Ball Glass ) everyone used his jars etc. So he did indeed open the store, and his siblings thought nothing of it. They just paid the lights and heat etc. for years, until they found out that they not only owned the property, but Alex had never paid a cent for rent electricity etc. He was not in love with the rest of the family so he had the last laugh. Then he closed!