John, It's nice to see someone who has had a gun come to him in a fashion such as yours...and who appreciates and values the gun for what it is. A superb piece of craftsmanship, a slice of history, and an efficient tool. I hope you have someone you can leave it to in your family who will honor it like you.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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