At the time I was writing the order for Lamboy, I hadn't seen the Paul Curtis description. It was some years later that I discovered the Curtis order in some research material. Today, I would order the gun with 30" barrels and still under 8 pounds. I liked 28" because it was different for an NID ten. I have had plenty of light tens, even short barreled ones, but Steve was doing such a good job with the ICD that I just had to have one. I remember telling Steve that I would see him at Vegas in a couple of days in one of the late Januarys of the project. As an ICD dealer, my employer and Steve spoke on a fairly regular basis. When I went through the front door of the "Shiny Gun" room at the Riviera, Steve was on my left, holding court with "Magnum, PI" with an order sheet in his hands. The tables were decorated with late production Exhibition ICDs. There was hardly a Grade 4 or 5 to be seen. Today, I have no ICD guns, and I'm down to one high condition NID Mag Ten. I'm always on the prowl for a nice Super, but apparently, Frank has them sewed up.
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