"...and then they'd get to meet "Mr. Louisville" up close and personal."

LOL, I assume that by your use of the term 'flat' that you're on t'other side of the Pond. Over here, you better have Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson or Mr. Louisville will end up where Sol shineth not. And when did Louisville start making cricket bats? Just joking :-)

A modest suggestion to the modulators - save us from ourselves. Lock this thread until Randal returns. If someone actually still has a question, it'll keep. Meanwhile, holiday sales are being threatened, Santa's milk & cookies are in jeopardy and Lord knows the grog shops could use the business. Paraphrasing an old PSA, 'Lock the thread, Take the keys, Don't help a good boy go bad.' 

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken