Advising a correspondent on some technical aspects (differences between a box-lock and a side-lock) related to the purchase of a Churchill shotgun, in a pair of typed letters, signed by Ormond March 2 & 9, 1965, on his personal letterhead from Rigby, Idaho, to a Mr. Blackiston
by ORMOND, Clyde (1906-1985; Idaho native, author of a number of outdoor related books, and contributor to Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Gun Digest, The American Rifleman, and other similar periodicals)
8vo. 2-pages, approximately 300 words, in part: “If you choose a side-lock, then I would get the best one possible to obtain. Otherwise, and in case expense in any consideration a fine-grade box-lock would provide about everything except prestige and appearance. The difference in field-shooting characteristics would, for practical purposes, be negligible.” Folded for mailing, else fine. For the pair, (Inventory #: 68838)