Rest in Peace John. One of the fests he offered to sell me an engraved 1899 and I told him I couldn't swing it. In PM after the fest he offered me the opportunity to pay at my leisure over the next 3 years. I didn't buy the rifle, but the offer speaks to the kind of fella he was.

"We're all going to have so much [bleep] fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our god damn smiles." - Clark Griswold

Remembering The 99
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