So Siskel and Ebert and other "Critics" don't count in your book, hey Dr. Drew-bee?? I was raised in the old school of machine shop practice- when I was about 11 and still pulling shavings in my Granddad's machine shop (ALL USA mfg. tools, machinery and gauges too) I saw an apprentice take a blueprint and ask Granddad "What are the tolerances, I don't see any plus or minus for the mill or shaper listed-?"" His reply-- "Just make it right, and then you won't have to worry about the tolerances"--
What if some writer detailed Pearl Harbor Day as being December 9, 1941? Is that OK to let "slide by' in your book? Or maybe D-day as June 7th, 1945. You either get it right, or you take pains to get it right- I love all the pre-1964 Winchesters, but IMO- the best of the Model 21's, Model 12's and Model 70's were made prior to 1941-42. War contracts and the greater working tolerances of the: M-1 Garand, BAR, etc- got the workmen used to working to greater plus-minus tolerances than prior to the War- and afterwards, that operational code continued-
Compare a 1939 M70 Super-Grade or a Model 21 Trap Grade Skeet gun to a 1954 version- the pre-War Winchester will have: better wood, grain and pattern, hand cut checking with no borders, wood proud to the steel evenly around the circumference- etc-
I respect Teddy Roosevelt- but his "Critics rather than Doers" falls short, when you consider his role as NYC Police Commissioner in the 1890's- read Caleb Carr's novel "The Alienist" for some background there- we need critics and those with Eagle Eyes in this world, and if you can't abide them, that's your option. I also gave the author a favorable comment regarding the details on the muzzle 'dimples" and his fotos- and some "wiggle room" as the keystroke could have been on the number 1 instead of the number 7 when the type was set-
Instead of trying to criticize my observational powers, limited though they are, Doc- quote to me instead from Kipling- try his poem "IF"-- the part about persevering with broken tools- speaks to me deeply about the need to correct the mistakes you have made (and Lord knows I've made plenty), learn from them and don't repeat them again--RWTF
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 12/31/11 04:40 PM.
