Actually, my wife and I have just completed a move from Indiana to Florida. In the process, the moving van had a "minor" accident and was delayed, so the move has taken longer than normal...and I lost internet access for a couple of weeks and just got set up and back on line earlier today. I'm just getting through my old e-mails that stacked up, and am checking this and other antique gun sites this evening for the first time in a couple of weeks. I did attend the KRA show last week-end, which focused on "southern" guns including those from Kentucky that I enjoy so much. Not sure the bulk of the KRA members from back east were really thrilled to have this year's show focus on southern long-rifles, but for those of us who collect and enjoy them, it was a neat show. Mel Hankla was able to bring in the superb Thomas Simpson rifle and horn and put them on display...most likely made in northern Tennessee and one of the finest American long-rifles ever built. And the show gave me a chance to move more copies of "Kentucky Gunmakers 1775-1900" while enjoying all the great southern guns on display. I'll go back and take a look at the Mills gun posted here earlier this month, and see what it is. Shelby Gallien
