It's possible to have mixed feelings about both the decorative arts and the tools of the Red Gods all in one lifetime. To decorate the thing shot or shoot the thing decorated? His BV1 vs. my Revelation. Is one boxstock Baikal enuf? What's fair to a quail vs. how many gunbearers for Africa. Oppositions will make you crazy; enjoy the part you enjoy while you can but don't expect "her" to pull like the off-mule and still look good behind a fan in the drawing room.

jack