I am from the same town as Frank De Haas and I spent many hours sitting in his house talking about rifles and guns. He was blind by this time so when I would take him a target to his house, he would run his fingers over the target and feel the holes to see how I shot. I asked him once about buying a pre 64 when I was 16 and looking for a big game rifle. He told me he would never recommend a pre 64 for a kid to hunt with for fear of them becoming blind like him. I never asked him if he had a bad experience with one but I remember talking about a design flaw. I wish I could sit and talk to him again. I must have asked such novice questions but he never made me feel inferior.
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
