worst ff thing to lose

On Sep 28, 1:33*pm, "Wayne Harrison" wrote:
"David LaCourse" wrote

Dave ( who was NOT a diver in the Navy)

tales of the weird: *about 30 years ago, pamlico jim and i and another guy
were way up a tiny tributary to the alligator river in far eastern nc, jump
shooting ducks. *water was black as tar. *the boat owner/operator was
reckless as hell, and we were winding our way upstream far to fast. *he
rounded a turn in the creek, the boat hit something (never found out what),
and out we all went, asses over elbows. *my brand new browning pump came
along for the ride. *miraculously, no one was hurt, and the boat simply
stuck itself in shoreline flora. *i figured my gun was a goner. *jim said he
would come back with some equipment and look for it, but i didn't figure
there was any chance.
* * next weekend, i'm back in greensboro, and jim calls. *says he has my
gun, but it's "frozen up". *he had taken another buddy back to the scene of
the crime, and they dove in 6-8' of black water feeling along the bottom.
amazingly, they found the damn gun. *i asked him to take it to a gunsmith
and have him try to render it at least minimally operative. *a couple weeks
later, i go down to pick up my browning, once again thinking the gunsmith
would just sadly shake his head and present me with a bill for his failed
efforts.
* * long story short, the damn gun, which was a pump, had been transformed
into the smoothest, sweetest functioning firearm i have ever experienced.
the smithy had torn it completely down, and cleaned/honed/polished every
surface. *the action would operate by gravity alone. *yeah, i paid him a ton
of money, but it was worth it. *i ran a bunch of shells through "ol' swampy"
for about the next couple decades, until it was stolen from my old homeplace
by some sonofabitch from southern rowan county.
* * i hope it blew up in his face in some godforsaken dove field.

yfitons
wayno

Great story. We call that Nth order effects in the military. Very
cool.
Frank Reid