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,
$50 · Offered by Bartleby's Books · No longer available
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, Item #68838
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