[quote]Originally posted by tacfoley:
<strong>Yo Doubs - I bet you bought the gun from Tom Collins, hey? Betcha glad you're in the USA , too......
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You're absolutely correct.... Tom Collins it was. A rather odd bird. I called before making the trip and he assured me he had what I was looking for. When I arrived, he couldn't find the MT Woodsman so he asked if I'd come back in an hour or two. I said I would and left. When I returned he said "I've got it here somewhere" and then took another 20 minutes trying to remember where he'd put it!!
Someone once told me that he blew himself out of his shop into the street with black powder one day but that is only hearsay. I believe his nephew was a TV star in a cop series. I remember the show but not the name of it.
I have great memories of my stay in England. I used to love going to the Richardson Brother's shop in Halesworth to look at their shotguns. Very nice Blokes they were and excellent gunsmiths.
Take care,
Doubs
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