Thank you for the confirmation, Eightbore-- wonder if by any chance he was related to the late Captain Paul A. Curtis? I still re-read his 1934 book: Guns and Gunning"-- would love to have some of the fine guns pictured therein, in that same configuration and condition yet today.

Of all shown, the R.G. Owen sidelock 12 bore made for Captain Curtis is my first choice-- IF----


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..