It wasn't a rant, Bob. Parsing the posts, I'm finding a lot of flair and sincerity. Jack's mention of his union-shop hunting buddy with the Model 21 also appealed to my own experience of generally finding tradesmen in the woods with good guns; the professionals are scarce with little time to enjoy theirs. Jack undoubtedly discovered from his socialist friend that socialists aren't against people making lots of money, they just want it spread around more evenly.