I am not a huge Elsie fan, but do have a Specialty which was set up as a trap gun and is one which I use on box birds. Mine has excellent wood as well (though not quite as spectacular as yours), and like yours, none of the usual stress cracks behind side plates. That seems to be typical of a lot of Specialties and I wonder if it has anything to do with the quality of the stocks one often sees on these models and many of the higher grades. I was also taken by the specialty's engraving. I seems to me to be the most and best proportioned of any of the middle grade guns. In any case, congratulations on a fine gun.
