Quote:
"Someday I am going to get a job and buy me a new gun. Something with a shiny black stock instead of this old knotty wood."

While in total agreement it is indeed a travesty that he has fouled up so rare a gun in all honesty I think this part was meant as a bit of humor.

I do wish he would have showed pictures of the bolting. Would like to see how it compares with the Flues Model Ithaca. The Ithaca has a single underbolt plus a top bolt which is not hidden but engages the rib extension.

Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra