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Dewey Vicknair has left the building. All of his posts are gone, and he is gone. When he decided to quit posting here on Doublegunshop, he must have requested that Dave Weber totally delete his user account, because all of his posts, photos, etc. are gone, and even his name no longer appears in the user list.

Guys who followed him and looked forward to his posts and projects may recall why he quit. It wasn't because he lost interest in fine guns. I was sad to see him leave, and I, for one, wish he'd reconsider. I don't know if I've ever agreed with Bill on anything, but I'd second the nomination of either Dewey's Thread, or Dennis Daigger's "The Last Martini" Thread because both demonstrate that fine custom gunmaking is far from being a lost art. However, "The Last Martini" thread appeared in this sub-forum., and it did pertain to Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles while Dewey's equally beautiful gun was a Double Rifle. And "The Last Martini" is still here for others to judge and enjoy, while Dewey's thread is gone.

It is my pleasure to announce that the first Whitey-J.D. Steele Award goes to Dennis Daigger for his thread "The Last Martini?"

I'd like to thank rocky mtn bill and keith for their nominations.

I corresponded a lot with Whitey, sometimes the subject turned to alcohol. I hope that if you have some bourbon or whiskey, that you'll take a sip tonight in their memory. I miss them both.

Salut.

PhysDoc,
Good on you too, for doing this. I know Whitey is smiling.
Mike

I have an original Rolling Block Sporting action I got from Whitey in a trade for an action I had. I built it into a Sporting Rifle in .40-65 with a full round barrel. The wood came from another friend Bud who passed away, and his wife gave me 4 blanks he had set aside. The engraved, skeletonized buttplate came from my friend Wind who passed away ths year in May.
I miss all of them, but am glad I have a great shooting gun that reminds me of each whenever I shoot it.

Vall,
It sounds like you are in the same boat with me; I've lost so many old friends that it looks like it is dangerous to be my friend.
Mike

Things have been a little slow this summer, so I thought I would bring this back to the top. In case, it wasn't clear, I intended this to be ongoing.

The Whitey-J.D. Steele is for the best thread on this Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles section of this forum started between
September 27, 2018 and September 27, 2019. With the winner to be announced on October 10th 2019, the sixth anniversary of Whitey's death.

The award will consist of a certificate and a slide blank for a Lyman 48 sight.

Please use this thread to nominate other threads and please send me a PM if you wish to help judge.

I can't believe he has been gone that long.
Mike

PhsDoc, Thanks for the reminder. I hope members will step up with nominations. Whitey and JD are missed and shouldn't be forgotten.

bumped to the top as a reminder, thus far no nominations have come in.