I came up with my user name based on my favorite rifle in the world, my grandads 03, it must have been an armory rebuild because it has a mismatch of parts - stamped floorplate yet the elaborate ladder sight, a 42 barrel, and a "c" type stock. I thought I was being clever by making up a model "A2", but later found that there actually did exist a model A2 that is rare, something about artillery training, perhaps a rimfire conversion? Memory fails.
Anyway, my favorite Dempsey story was the one about making the young sports reporter by sparring with him, despite his trainers insistance that he not do so because the kid might be a ringer for the other guy. I forget the reporters name but apparantly they were long time friends after that. The reporters reasoning was that he needed first hand knowledge of a heavy punch if he was expected to write about it. I respect that also.
