Fun times John.

As for the 1903's, my grandfather worked at the 2nd street arsenal in Ogden. He moved from St, Anthony,ID to Ogden when the war broke out. He worked there from 1942 to 1974.

Anyway, he knew Elmer. Although I don't think that they were friends, just acquaintances. They were both from Idaho, and I guess they had similar back grounds in farming.

Back in those days, when I was just a kid and had no clue to who EK was. I'm sure that I read more than one of his articles.

Just how many gun writers had back grounds related to Idaho. O'Conner, Keith, Taffin ?

Anyway. Thanks for posting the pics of these grand old rifles.

James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.