I'm ahead of you guy's on the loading. I have 1 box of each on the way. That's why the 2 boxes. I figured 5 rounds of the proper load would be enough to tell me if I wanted the gun.

I want the gun as a shooter, so the other stuff doesn't bother me so much. I can deal with that other than the engraving problem.

We haven't got to the nitty gritty on the pricing yet but I'm pretty much willing to pay his ballpark figure so I don't beleive that will be a sticking point. In fact it is a pretty good deal all in all. I figured my homebuilts would be all I could afford. However this even with the needed work should be less than a new chapuis.

Bill