And here I sit, shimming the hook of an 80 year-old Nitro Special, happy to be able to walk well enough to shoot a few pen-raised birds. Alas, what have we come to? No Purdeys, Bosses, or even Sw's (grossly over-rated). I am happy enough with good Yankee stuff and have no worries about what I've left behind: good kids with a sense of value and a love of country. Chopper