The Oregon Gunsmith I was losing in the La Brea tarpits of my memory was Gus Perret (sp?). Did some wondrous things with SAAs and others.
On the topic of tar pits, if any of you ever get talked into the Museum Tour of LA and HAVE to go to the LA Museum of Modern Art (LACMA) or lose whatever privileges your spouse or significant other still allows you, you have two "counter-offer bargaining chips" handy. One is the Auto Museum close by (good but not my thing), the other is the La Brea Tar Pits museum right next door. Ice Age Mega Fauna--the game we "narrowly missed" but were born to hunt! Ground sloths of all flavors, 15,000# mastodons, Dire Wolves, American Lions, American Camels, Antique Bison (bigger, better horns), Merriams Condor (bigger and better than California; could digest lead...OK, I lied about that), and the favorite: ol' Smilodon hisself. And La Brea Woman!
