Great thread!

I have to chime in on the Six Shooter discussion. When I started in the hobby 14 years ago a guy gave me an old (at that time) six shooter pump to use. I used it for over 11 years and loved it, but it finally broke. So it maybe had 15 + years of great use. I had a GP hand crank pump to use, so I used that and a year later it leaked. So I called my LHS and ordered a new Six Shooter. Well, it was just as the other posters have said. You need about a 60 horse engine to turn the thing and it pumps very slow. I thought after a summer of use it would loosen up, but no. So I bought a H9 hand cranker and it is working great.