On 17 Apr 2007 10:12:30 -0700, BJ Conner
wrote:

On Apr 17, 8:02 am, wrote:
OK, as long as we're strolling down memory lane...

What are your favorite A & F memories/gear? Mine is, hands down, G &
H...well, maybe the Paynes...well, wait...maybe the...OK, just to make
it simple, the whole flockin' place...and if you have to ask "what the
hell is 'A & F' or 'G & H,'" for shame, for shame...

TC,
R
...and my ears are still not the same from a 3-4 years-ago wander into
the desecration of the main NYC store...if I ever get the chance, I'm
gonna find out if whoever is responsible for the aforementioned
blasphemy can work a like-new-in-the-box Herter's snipe call with their
colon...

A friend and I had to make reqular trips to Chicago on one project.
Seeing the Architech/Engineer was a waste of time but eating at the
Hoff Brau and A&F was the highlite of the trips. The people at A&F
would let us look at and handle all the guns we wanted. You could
pick up and play with a .505 Gibbs, 416 Rigby etc. All kinds of
double rifles, drillings etc. Very nice people, they knew we were
hicks off the farm but they treated us like we were on our way to
Africa. I usually bought something there cheap but somethig.

Interesting you mention drillings. That's what the 6.4mm-30/40 dies are
for - apparently, it was a, well, not-unknown, if you will, wildcat from
the era. It's a 1928 Krieghoff in 16 long chambers over the
aforementioned chambering. The original dies were lost some years ago,
and the brass is getting a bit iffy. And the .256 is a G & H on an
Enfield action. Both were through, yep, A & F.

TC,
R