Originally Posted By: Geo. Newbern
You are quite welcome Dr. Drew. By the way, when I re-read the story, I saw no reference to either the gauge or the grade of the Lady.

It must be that a different version of the story appearing somewhere had the gun as a Lefever. That would make sense because the description of the TWIST barrels sounds a lot like an H Grade, doesn't it?...Geo
The 1962- a year before his passing, F&S had a re-write of his original 1948 Fallen Lady- the first version, the gun was a LeFever, the second, a Parker-- Machts nicht-- one of the best of Babcock indeed.

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..