Simply a masterpiece. And clearly well researched.

*golf clap*

Makes me almost miss RGD/Dave (aka "RymanGunDog", aka "Beans"). This kind of description is right up his alley, but he would have further interjected a personalized story just to tie it all together.

"Well, you see, it was a gift from W.H. Baker's grandson to my grandfather, as a thank you, for advise he had given him about..."

The Pachmayr pad is a particularly nice "original" touch, as are the "mint unfired barrels" which have clearly been refinished, per the hole in the bottom rib.

To think they were co-produced by both LLH and Krupp! Rare, indeed!

- NDG