Thanks for the invite! When are the shoots? Between restocks, repairs, Smith single trigger & ejector repairs and bamboo fly rod orders, I'm about nuts! I sold the timber business awhile back to fly fish more. Man did this backfire! But I so enjoy the people and fixing stuff especially that others shy away from due to various reasons. I was able to disassemble an A-1 Smith last week with first style ejectors, forend latch was broken and the forend was locked on the gun. It had been that way for years according to the owner. And what a gorgeous gun it was. I made a spring jig to slip up the bottom side of the rib to grab hold of the little slide that locks into the barrel lug and release it. It did take me a week to do it however. Turns out the guy that owns the gun is good friends with an engraver and they are going to take care of my Eagle grade forend that needs engraved. Funny how it all fits together with folks sometimes. Jerry

You can say that again Jerry. We are all so fortunate to be part of this community of shooters/collectors/craftsmen who are all so eager to help one-another.