Hey, Phantom4, that dude must have been talking about Chesapeake Knife & Tool. The undergrond store was their old Crystal City Underground store in Arlington, VA. I used to like to go there until they closed it. It was right off of the Yellow line. I remember when they went through their big change in personnel and wound up with a bunch of idiots who didn't know the sharp end from the hilt. Gads but they were dumb. THe guy is right, though, they have gotten a lot better of late.
Back in the Fall of 1965, I worked in a discount sporting goods store which sold, among other things, firearms. I was waiting for the Draft to figure out what they wanted to do with me. I remember selling a very lightweight Berretta 12 guage single shot to a guy who wanted it for dove hunting. That was on one Saturday and on the next, here he was wanting his money back because the "d@mned gun kicked to much". I pointed out that I had advised that a lightweight 12 with 3" Magnum loads had no choice but to have a heavy recoil (Duh!), but his wife said for him to show me the bruises. Right there in the store, he stripped off his shirt and showed me his right arm, bruised from elbow to shoulder. I asked him how he was firing the shotgun, and he demonstrated by throwing the (empty, I checked first) piece up to his bicep and dry-firing it! Have you any idea what a 3-4 pound 12 guage 3" Magnum would feel like kicking against your bicep. I don't know and don't want to know, but that poor guy's arm sure gave every evidence of the results. The result was that I sold him a 1 1/2" butt recoil pad for the piece and installed it for him. He came into the store the next Friday night to say that he loved the gun now.
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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller
