It was the first time I'd ever been in a house with a gun. She's surrounded by guns at the office. She takes me back to the corner where she and Hunter recondition old guns and repair recent acquisitions. She's building it from a kit. We spend a lot of time answering inquiries from all over the world, by letter, phone and computer.
People say they have an old gun and want to know what it is.
Then there's all the paperwork involved in accessioning a new item. That'll take some time. And, of course, if there's anything that needs cleaning or fixing, we do that. It's not the whole story, however. There's all that lore.