Gene - that electrical pump rifle really blows my mind. I suppose on long hunts you'd have to bring several electrical battery packs. Probably each one the size of a large moose quarter. Not surprised it didn't catch on. It's hard to picture the need for it - it's not like slide actions required a lot of effort to pump.
Don - good to hear you are keeping your eyes open on the road. Was there enough of that Standard Arms remaining to tell if it had nice figure in the butt as Doc Foster mentions? Oh, and was it a pump or semi-auto? Doc - I too have typically seen nice figure in the buttstocks of most Standards I have seen. I assume that when they purchased wood, they only bought high figure wood?
Still waiting for someone to post pictures of their Blake rifle.
