The case:
The shotgun requires only an occasional wipe down, the neglected old case is another story. Probably two schools of thought here. One would be “as found” condition versus routine cleaning and maintenance. A light cleaning and conditioning would make it at least presentable and probably add more years of actual usefulness. What are the memberships thoughts?
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Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell and the profit and loss.
A current under sea picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell he passed the stages of his age and youth entering the whirlpool. Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
T.S. Eliot
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