JB, mine arrived today...I really enjoyed the intro, something I would usually skim over. Thumbed through the rest and looks like I have a few hours of good reading ahead.
Like everyone else I'm really enjoying Gack III. I have a quick question, though. On page 80 there's a picture of a person kneeling beside an antelope, and from the bolt release it looks like the rifle - or at least the action - is by the late Montana Rifle Company. But I would swear that the barrel has a step in it, which is not something that MRC ever did to my knowledge. Can you shed any light on it?
Once again, thanks for all you do for us.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
Yeah, now that you pointed it out, it does look like that.
But I looked at the original digital color photo closely (meaning I "blew" it up on my computer screen) and the barrel has a camo finish--which isn't visible in the black-and-white conversion. The "step" is actually a pale line in the camo.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
Just placed my international order, to take advantage of Eileens sale on Upland bird cooking & Shotguns for Wingshooting.
Will advise about structural damage to my credit wrt shipping charges.
If there’s a GAck IV, we have to talk seriously about an e format volume !
I have explained here why we don't do e-versions of our books. There are two ways to do it: One is easily pirated, and the other tends to garble numbers/data, which doesn't work with handloading or game recipes.
USPS parcel arrived today ! Thanks Can’t wait to dig in for some enlightenment 🥴
I concede defeat to media rate shipping. i ordered in good time, hoped to give it as a birthday present to family member, and buy my copy shortly thereafter. No Book still don't have one, I have had bigger, and more costly disappointments from USPS....., frantic scramble to find substitute gift...... ( really wasn't necessary , I told them he came home to the ranch to shoot doves. 4 hunts, 4 limits handled the gift in my mind.....) Can I just call , give a credit card, and pay for FIRST class postage, and hope to get one.... I'm not a kid needing instant gratification, but at age 70 , I am interested in reading it before I pass.
Sorry to hear about that. We generally have had media-rate books show up in West Texas in a few days, including several recently. But Eileen needs to your real name to track down the problem, or correct it. You can call 406-521-0273 or e-mail riflesandrecipesgmail.com.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
So did you contact Eileen? We've only had about half a dozen orders not show up in over a decade of mailing tens of thousands of books--and her policy (the website is her company) is to ship another book when one fails to arrive. But she can't do that unless you tell her. (Usually the original order eventually shows up--once in a great while a book gets caught in what we call the Denver Vortex, where it stays for up to a month before finally spinning out of the trap. In that case you can keep it too.)
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
I know this doesn't help things John, but you are not alone. I have had more books disappear since COVID 19 started. I am not sure why. The only thing I do know is that the books were in the custody of the post office, a branch of the federal government. And as we all know, the government does not make mistakes. So...what happened to them?
This is the first one that disappeared of ours--though some were delayed while the USPS was taking it's "summer vacation," when sorting machines were being removed from USPS offices.
What's interesting about mel5141's post is that he has STILL not contacted Eileen (who is know for good customer service), and in fact hasn't even logged onto the Campfire since his post. Her phone # and e-mail address are right at the top of the www.riflesandrecipes.com home page, if some problem occurs--but instead he chose to whine here.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
Thanks Steve. Was never worried, but am ticked off. It's easy enough to contact Eileen and correct the problem.
If he'd called to order the book and mentioned it was a time-related gift, she would have suggested priority mail rather than media mail. But media mail has been working well again lately.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
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