Old guns.

[Setter Man]

Went for a walk late this afternoon with this old Superpose. It’s a sweet old gun, 20 ga, nice and light, carries like a dream, and points exactly where I need it to point but what makes it really special is it’s history. A gentleman named John Thompson bought it new in 1959. John was a banker in my hometown. A distinguished gentleman, tall and lean with a shock of white hair. My parents were close friends of John and his family. After he passed away his guns were dispersed to his friends. A few years ago I tracked this one down and bought it.

John passed away 20-years ago this evening. He was a gentleman and a character. I wish I had been able to spend time afield with him when I was young but I’ll have to settle with his Superpose and that’s OK. I look at the thinning blue and a few dings on the stock and I know how they came to be. That’s what makes this old guns special.