In this world that's spinning ever faster and faster I find that turning back to a gentler and slower time to be a great sedative for my frayed nerves and psyche. I do love my hammer guns.....(Wild quail in the Texas Panhandle). Hammer guns suit me perfectly--they're old and so am I. Maybe that's one of the reasons I like pipes and bamboo fly rods too.


Blissett & Sons of Liverpool, circa 1880


W.W. Greener from about 1871


John McCain is my war hero.