Klunkermeister was the name Russ went by. I had many animated phone conversations with him, as he had an interest in sliding breech guns, as well. He had been using a Darne R model in a boat one time, and slid the breech off the rails, dropping it over the side of the boat, never to be seen again. Try as I might, I couldn’t get him to understand that a Charlin is a different gun, by a different manufacturer, and shared no parts with a Darne. He asked me several times how to get the breech off his Charlin, and would not believe it took tools to do it.
He had a special hatred for Winchester model 21s, believing they were no better than a Savage 311. He and Don Moody, RIP, also, had many dust ups over that.
When I look at a guys profile here, and see he joined in 2002, and was retired at that time, I’m relatively certain I know why they don’t post anymore.
Best,
Ted
Don Moody! He would unleash hell on you if you disparaged the name Winchester, but he was a great guy in person and once gave me a shot of the best tequila I've ever tasted (probably made in some dusty one-horse town in Texas).
