[QUOTE=Dean Romig;6427]Received an e-mail last evening from both Art and Jennifer. The problem has been rectified and all pins, including replacements for those lost in the sorting machine, will be or have been sent in padded envelopes.
Thanks Art and Jennifer--- Thanks. Dean, for following through on this minor glitch--Now I have to ask about your book- Bare November Days? I may be getting a trade copy for my B'day from my daughters- has your deluxe edition that went "AWOL" at the Vintagers about 4 weeks ago ever surfaced? I sure home so- as I wasn't there and don't know the circumstances, I'll refrain from further comment. But I will add that the 1948 era M12 Pigeon Grade Trap gun in my gun safe will never command "top dollar" if I were to offer it for sale- the previous owner, back in the era when the M12 "ruled the roost for ATA" had seen if "lifted" a few times from the line gun rack-stopped the "lifter" and reminded him that you "always ask permisssion before picking up another gentleman's shotgun"- back then some shooters used the printed out tape with their name, usually on the front area of the forearm- he took it to an area jeweler and had his full name engraved in big block letters on the left (back) side of the receiver- still there, clear as daylight!!