It has been a year since this has seen the light day.
Time for another run.
Tho Gale is gone and missed, his wisdom lives on.
If one wishes to spend the time, much can be gleaned from reading all of Gale's posts on TFL. These are the words of a gentleman, master barrel maker, master marksman and master gun builder.
Here's the whole bag of his posts...
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...der=descending
Sam