For any of your literati on this website that might give the proverbial "Big rat's ass"- a carefully study of the book so well written by Messers: Calabi (did I spell that correctly, Steve?) Helsley & Sanger in 2010- Here are the technical questions I am offering for your consideration and possible review.
(1) Page 14-- "The civilian version held up to 6 rounds in the magazine plus one in the chamber. I believe the correct number is 5 in the magazine (sans plug of course)plus one in the chamber. I own 11 Model 12's, and I have checked them, and feel that 5 in the magazine tube is correct. What do you think?
(2) Page 30-- young American expatriates living the artistic life- F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, Cole Porter-- et al. I do not recall, in my study of the late great novelist from Salinas CA- that John Steinbeck was part of that group, under Gertrude Stein's aegis in Paris circa the "Roaring Twenties". Almost all of his great works were centered around his native State, except for his last- "Travels With Charlie".
(3)Page 34-- "but at the turn of the 19th Century gun designers----- " I believe that should read "20th Century"! In the late 1800's, we had the Browning lever repeaters and shotguns, also the 1893 and later 1897 Winchester pump guns, but nothing in the realm of 16,000 rounds per minute.
(4)Page 60-- "in the fall of 1948 he was hunting ducks in the lagoons of Venice with a new shotgun. Whether or not it is proper form to capitalize the names of the four seasons (with proper respect to the great composer Vivaldi here)should this not be Fall? And I checked on Wikipedia, and Venice has only one lagoon, and a real big one at that.
(5)Page 74. Here I'll rely on my military experience as an armorer- but gunsmith I am NOT- "lifting the handle on the side of the action re-cocks the hammer- Two things I read here: (a) Not the hammer, but the striker- and (b) a minor observation, as this deals with the 1903 Springfield, which was based on the great Mauser Gewehr 98- both cock on opening, whereas the Limey designed Enfield bolt-actions cock on closing. No biggie.
(6) Page 137 The copy from the Griffin & Howe ledger "is not the Gerald R. Ford who became the 28th president of the United States. Jerry Ford was the 38th president, not the 28th. I live near Grand Rapids, his hometown, and a visit to his museum in the plaza downtown near the Grand river is worthwhile. Great man indeed..
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 04/05/16 06:13 PM.
