From the time I was knee high to my grandfather I can remember him saying, “You gotta hold a fine bead.” Of course he was talking about shooting and shooting was something that was a matter of pride to him and just about every other West Virginian I met. Well, at least back in the day. One thing I’ve learned since those …
Why 88? Probably because the greatest lever action of all time was made by Savage and used 99 for the model number. I owned an 88 myself once; I’d learned it was a cousin to my Dad’s model 100 Winchester. I toyed with the 88 for a while, figured out how far to turn the forward stock screw to make it shoot …
This morning I was looking back over some work I’d completed 10 years ago. Sometimes I have to research my own work because my brain is old and cannot remember things. While doing so, I stumbled on this story I wrote and it might be of interest to some. (This is about as deep as my shotgun writing gets and maybe it …
