Don't check in here too often anymore. Glad to see that a lot of people are still active.

Nice collection. I am envious of your holsters.

Have a couple of copies of PHH put away somewhere (they are getting scarce from what I can tell), a signed copy of Pacific Northwest Hunting, and a copy of the magazine about Al Goerg's crash here in Alaska that included pics of the crash site. He was definitely a pioneer and I like to think he came to handgun hunting the way I did, through chasing mountain goats. I wish I had heard of Al Goerg before I ruined a rifle chasing goats. Having a gun you can holster while climbing with two hands through alders in a big advantage.

Actually, if you read Addison Powell's book Trailing and Camping in Alaska, he talks of killing mountain goats with his handgun and proposes that a cartridge like a .44-40 in a single shot handgun would be a great tool for hunting.

Too bad Al Goerg wasn't around to see the impact he had on the sport. I think it would probably surprise him.