New Years Day shoot - Barrington NH

[Jeff K.]

You guys look way too comfortable for Jan 1!

[Austin W Hogan]

Here are the assembled shooters. Chairman Pete is third from left. I arrived home to recieve a Happy New Year from my daughter Alice; she watched the New Year festivities in Edmonton at 0F

Best, Austin

[StubTwist]

I echo what everyone has said already regarding today's shoot -- a FANTASTIC time! Thanks Pete and everyone else who made this NYD shoot happen today. I'm sure a lot of planning and work was involved and words fail to say how we appreciate all what you did and inviting us to your club.

I still can't get over the weather today... people were passing by riding their Harleys!

Thanks to all and sorry for all the smoke!!

Frank

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Frank Cronin

I echo what everyone has said already regarding today's shoot -- a FANTASTIC time! Thanks Pete and everyone else who made this NYD shoot happen today. I'm sure a lot of planning and work was involved and words fail to say how we appreciate all what you did and inviting us to your club.

I still can't get over the weather today... people were passing by riding their Harleys!

Thanks to all and sorry for all the smoke!!

Frank

Sorry for the smoke??????????? I thought it was neat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you came and brought those two great hammer guns!!!!!!!!

[Bindlestiff]

I agree, the smoke was fun but what was even cooler was shooting next to you and the shock wave that passed over after the shot.

Can you imagine what pigeon shoots must have been like back in the day! Great fun!

[Dean Romig]

Robin, you showed incredible focus and determination shooting next man to the right of Frank. His clouds of white smoke drifted across in front of you but, undaunted, you called for your bird anyway and continued to crush them through the obscurity of those heavy clouds crushing clay after clay after clay!! to ya my friend!! And you didn't even need assistance as you left the field suffering the obvious effects of shellshock.

[Greg Miller CTGunLaw]

As to "shooting", there was some fine shooting going on. I have it on good authority that the gentlemen dressed up to look like our own Mr. Hogan, was in fact the internationally known shooting authority Mr. Bogardus. That was some fine "shooting flying" with a rather unusual Hammer Gun.

I felt fortunate that we were not shooting for money, as a certain gentlemen with a borrowed gun chambered for something that looked more like a rifle sized round than a shell that belongs in a gun was turning in some impressive scores. This was the first time I had seen a grade Parker .410 shot and it was giving up few birds on the skeet range.

If we could somehow turn back the clock to let the Hon. Chas. Parker know that his work and the work of his children was still being enjoyed so many generations after his passing, I do not believe he would be surprised, but I do hope he would be pleased. We are but a link in the chain that starts with the first Parker gun and will continue until the last Parker gun is gone. I am pleased to report that as of 2011 the Parker Gun is alive and well. Thank you to all who made this shoot possible.

Happy New Year!

[Double Play]

Glad to hear you gentlemen had such a great day to have the shoot. That is certainly an impressive group of parkers in those racks.

I just can't let it go without comment that the picture below shows great form and great "wood to wood". It seems all those lessons Mr. Anderson has been so gracious to extend have finally begun to sink in. That alone will strike fear into the hearts of any and all Fox shooters brave enough to show up at Addieville this May.

[10 bore]

do you think that is hard wood or soft wood ?,i am not talking about the stock boy did i have fun!!! thanks for showing up and for all the nice guns to look at.

[Bindlestiff]

Hardwood for sure. And did you notice it echo's when the Parker stock recoils into it on almost every shot taken.