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Originally posted by Mike Armstrong:
Tato, that's a chukar and a Hun, right? (I've been out of Idaho so long I can barely recognize my old foes...). When I lived there I had an LC Smith Featherweight Field 16 that had a high rib and was also US (Army Air Corps, no AF then) proofed. It had come all the way from the Syracuse Army Depot to the Idaho Panhandle only to get traded for a rebuilt engine back in Upstate New York in one of my dry spells ten years later. Damn shame; I made the best shot I've ever made with that Elsie; a double on supersonic chukars coming down canyon straight at me. Took one coming and one going; gun was IC/Very full.
Correct you are, sir! The Chukkar meat was as white as a supermarket chicken. It's been one of the best years ever for Idaho Quail, Chukkar, and Hungarians.

You are also correct about the AF being the Army Air Corp during this time. I guess I used the term "USAF" because that is what the proof shows (actually USA-F). I'll re-post a picture of the proof. The folks on the LC board said that the identity of the "F" is still a mystery.

Regardless, I practically feel "not worthy" to post among such fine classics! Hopefully, I'll get a chance to own a premium grade American or English double at some point.


1941 LC Smith Field Grade
"Flaming Bomb"