White: I think it is a Graceful Lady, or made for a Lady or Lad in 1928; tough time then....


Anyway, there of course is a story here. 6,5X70R Czech was all the rage a few weeks back & I saw this 6,5X70R ammo on GunsInternational for-sale. So I contacted Benelli Don and asked if that was his best price. He replied that he didn't want to see it without the drilling..... So, he told me he would give me a >>Screaming Deal<< on the whole lot as he had 78 years & was on his 2nd shoulder surgery. I told him to get his heart right & we would talk in a few days. Then he tells me that he has trouble with cases cracking and couldn't get a handle on exactly how to anneal cases......


I agreed to be the next custodian and he said he would ship it via UPS from an Ace Hardware in Waco, Texas to Hartselle, Alabama. Then the brass & dies would come thru the Parcel Post. I noticed via the UPS tracking App that it was getting close & would be delivered on Monday, the 20th. The 20th passed & it wasn't delivered and then it just vanished. I went by the Gun Shop & nothing. I had another delivery by UPS & I asked the driver his opinion and he said it sounds like the item fell out or was stolen???? Then today I get a call saying we have your gun & the Local County Sheriff got involved; story to be told when you get here????? I arrive & they start to tell the tale. @ the local UPS Hub, for some reason some UPS personnel in their infinite wisdom thought that since it was the same length of a auto bumper it was situated next to & that it went with the bumper so they taped my box to the bumper & delivered it maybe 5 miles way from my house. This kid takes the bumper & package to his shop in another municipality and there decides he needs to call the Pawn Shop(shipping destination). Then the crew @ the Pawn Shop thinks the call is some ploy to lure them in & rob them. But there is an off duty Sheriff's Deputy there & they ask him to call the kid back. He does & tells the kid who he is & is he going to bring the package to the Pawn Shop, or does he need to pick it up..... Kid said the Deputy needs to collect it. So the Officer sends someone by to collect it & take it to the Pawn Shop. All but unbelievable but that's how Guns get lost. & it appears it is quite frequent with the Post Office putting packages with Pistols in Mailboxes of the to be custodian.....


Lep Pozdrav,

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