I think an Elsie is an acquired taste, chops. None for me, thanks. I've been soured by a couple that friends own, that go boom when they shouldn't, and don't go boom, when they should.
I've got a scar on my thumb from a 97, I was just a kid in a duckblind with a borrowed gun, and it bit me.
Good women are a lot tougher to find than good guns. I imported mine. Six good years on April 29th.
Let me know when your M17 needs a new home-I run a model 17 orphanage, you know.

Best,
Ted