Frank and I have had many conversations over the years about the philosophy of collecting and displaying. I think I can say we were always of one mind regarding it all - the opportunity for people to see representative guns across all grades and gauges offered by a specific maker, along with the educational bent of why people should be at all interested in them as a facet of American gunmaking at its finest. Frank's displays are always top notch and slightly changed from the previous one - his display at the VC featured another near-mint .410 Smith field grade raffle gun! And Daryl is right - Frank always seems to "be there"!
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