I got a call yesterday from a taxidermist that I use here in Houston and he said he had some old ammo and would I be interested in looking at it. Sure, what the heck. It was only a few miles from the house and I could stop and talk to a another friend about going to Belize in May. Two birds. One stone. No brainer.

His taxidermy business is quite impressive and he does a lot of African big game. Not exactly my cup of tea but amazing work. Tri-State Taxidermy.

He had 3 boxes of old .25-35 and I had a couple of .32-40 sitting on a shelf at home already. Can someone tell me the vintage of these and the potential value of them. All boxes are full of unused cartridges. There was also a relatively tired looking Model 53 in his gun safe that he was wondering what the DOM was. I took a few photos of it to pass on to Kirk for his research and told him I could get back on the date. The ammo ended up in my truck for nothing.

The Belize conversation at the next stop ended up costing me a chunk of change for a new fly rod for tarpon. So much for a cheap drive!

Thanks so much
Michael