You have this knack of reviving ancient threads and replying like it is current.
I get the feeling you spend a lot of time reading various threads here. Nuthin' wrong with that!
Sendero was a good friend of mine. He passed 2 years ago and is sorely missed at Wilton. Don't expect a reply from him.
I read his posts with great interest. Ever the gentleman and never blowing his own horn. What many here probably did not know is that he was a very accomplished benchrest shooter. He's won serious matches with lesser rifles than the other competitors because he knew how to make his shoot. He also wrote the book about the history of Pine Tree Gun Club, where benchrest was born. He was friends with names like Harvey Donaldson and Doc Moretti. John was very knowledgeable on several subjects besides shooting. He had an arrowhead collection that was quite impressive. He also had an ammo collection that would would occasionally share at Wilton. He'd pack up some special rounds and then put them out for all to see on match days. John learned how to shoot cast bullets well and mirrored his benchrest success in cast bullet matches. He was normally the guy to beat at Wilton and more often than not, you did not beat him. But the only way you'd know he won was to look at the score sheet because he'd never mention it unless asked.
The 20X Unertl I have was John's. All his 44-1/2 rifles, CPA and original Stevens are still with us at Wilton and belong to his brother or his good friend and my friend Craig.
John was a very happy man, in spite of going thru an ugly divorce and getting pretty much taken to the cleaners. But he laughed it off. He was the guy you always wanted to see when you walked into Charlie's Gun Shop or the club because you knew you'd have a good time that day. I learned a lot from John, sometimes by just watching him shoot. Oh, one other tidbit about the man. He was a right handed shooter but suffered an eye injury that pretty much ruined the vision in his right eye. So, he had to teach himself to shoot left handed. I did not know him when he was a RH shooter. I shoot LH as well so that was another reason for us to bond. When I learned he'd taught himself to shoot LH and did as well as he did, that was just another reason to truly respect the man's abilities.
His ashes are buried in the 300 yd berm at Wilton. We put him there in honor of him creating our Silver Bullet Match. If you hit all 10 targets at 300 yds, you get a silver bullet.