John, I was pulling for you to be successful because, in addition to your good table fare, I knew there would be a good story about your newly acquired 1903 forthcoming. Sorry about your wounded knee, growing old ain't for whimps... and I know that for a fact!

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Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths.
"there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser"
"the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"