El Chimango Pete
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Those old doubles - British and others - are works of art of a very special kind. Of course you can't help loving them: They are in a class with great paintings, sculptures, jewelry and rare and special timepieces. The very fortunate own them, but its great just knowing they are there.
Sad story on the other hand: My Old Man owned a Westley Richards double 12. He inherited of an old comrade in arms... i remember as a kid our shooting with him, walking the fields behind his dog raising partridge. Alas his house was burgled and it was taken, a few years before he died and I've always wondered if there isn't a beautifully engraved old 'sawn off lupara' in the hands of some goblin out there - or the goons realized its value and it found a proper owner - whatever his or her morals.
Peter Knight
Sad story on the other hand: My Old Man owned a Westley Richards double 12. He inherited of an old comrade in arms... i remember as a kid our shooting with him, walking the fields behind his dog raising partridge. Alas his house was burgled and it was taken, a few years before he died and I've always wondered if there isn't a beautifully engraved old 'sawn off lupara' in the hands of some goblin out there - or the goons realized its value and it found a proper owner - whatever his or her morals.
Peter Knight