Wow! Very impressive, and very inspiring. People like you are why I have so many piles of "resources" around here... whenever my wife asks why I won't throw anything away, I say" did you SEE what this guy made out of...??
When the officers model came out, it wasn't long before this complaint became common. I think they even gave it a name, maybe Officers Model Syndrome or some such. We had some great Smith's in the area including Ikey Starks, and the routine, in addition to other standard mods was to dimple the...
Well,... Thanks,.... sort of,..... I guess.
Funny thing is,... when I was writing up my question, I consciously and specifically did NOT refer to the bird as I had a feeling that someone may get all jiggly with it.
Good thing.