When I was reading those articles, I was thinking a higher grade Lefever was what the Major had in the leg-O-mutton, but, as I think about who the character was, that Galen Winter was painting for us, from where I sit today, it makes perfect sense that he would have shot a Nitro Special. That he got for free from a relative.

He wouldn't have bought a gun, if he could get one for free.


Best,
Ted