ez,
You're very welcome. Ruark has been one of my favorites since I was a kid reading his stuff in Field & Stream while waiting my turn at the barber shop. I was lucky enough to have a bunch of 'old men' around me who always had time to take a kid fishing or hunting, and i could relate very well to the life lessons in that book.
When one of my favorite cousins lost her husband to a nasty divorce, she was left with a young son who was just growing to love the outdoors. I didn't get home to AL much and it was making me feel bad to see this kid having as hard a time as he was with no dad around. I sent him a copy of this book, and he and his mom read it till the pages fell out. He and I carried on a long correspondence through those years, too. She told me later that book had a lot to do with getting him over the hump of that divorce, and keeping his head on straight through the hard times. He's still a good kid and still loves to go deer hunting on the family farm, when college, girls etc. allows 8^).
Whatever you decide on, to your grandson it will always be "the gun grampa gave me." You're home free on that one, you know. So just enjoy the process- it's riches, true riches.
lpl/nc