To all,
I couldn't be more in concert with the expressed appreciation for the civil attitudes here. I to appreciate the wide range of experience be it with gun making, load development, the most valuble information on existing guns and experiences with them, etc... No where else is such information available AND so freely shared. I am certinaly no "expert" by any description. Maybe I've missed it but I've never interpreted anything on NE.com as snobbish. It is this attitude that makes me feel so at home here. I do have some "experience" but commonly describe myself as "a tinkerer" rather than gunsmith, machanic or any other specialized title. I claim no more or less! Experience? Yes I have some but expert I am not. I love to learn something new. Frequently that tidbit comes from the most unlikely source. Frequently it is someone devoid of preconceptions who has the freedom to envision a totally different way of doing something. When we fail to listen to even the most outragious ideas we are doing a disservice to ourselves.

Bob, no need to acknowledge anything! Your participation and sharing of your knowledge, experience and opinions along with everyone else is better than any internet equivalent of a handshake. What you proposed is a valuble idea and will likely benefit myself as much as anyone given the recent loss of my own cache of sources! Thanks again to all and I will endeavor to temper my humor in the future.