Editor's note: Gerard Marco, of Fleming, has been a licensed and professional gunsmith for more than 35 years. He's agreed to be "The Gun Guy" -- a local expert who will answer questions about guns ...

I can remember goose hunting with a buddy one warm January morning. We set the decoys, climbed in the pit, and he unsheathed an original Browning Maxus. I think we saw one flock of honkers that day, ...