Provenance

[Old and Reliable]

Would that ever make a great Southern or Vintagers event addition. I'd love to hear him discourse on some of the fine shoots he's attended "across the pond" from us Colonials!!

George, in a manner of speaking, do you mean to say you have "Lowell Thomas graded guns??"-- Surely you have heard about the Mama sweet potatoe with a darlin' daughter of marryin' age-- said daughter wanted to marry Mr. Thomas, but her Mama forbade it- 'cause he's just a common tater--

[Dean Romig]

Alas. . . I don't think so Francis. Foster was a great writer, skeet shooter, hunter of winged game (not limited to the "king of gamebirds" but quail, ducks, geese, pheasants and several others) accomplished artist, editor, publisher, co-designer of a sneakboat.... and so on - but he never owned or shot a Parker, that we know of, that he immortalized (other than "The Little Gun") to compare with "Bo-Whoop".

Don't get me wrong - Uncle Ev's "Little Gun" I am quite certain would probably hammer at Julia's at as much as 10X it's pedestrian value... if ever it came to auction (which I sincerely doubt it will).

[Bill Murphy]

How did this great thread get killed off? It's usually Francis Morin that kills a Parker thread, but he was well behaved this time. Who knows what happened to Francis? I kind of miss him.

[John Knobelsdorf II]

https://www.hurstfh.com/obituaries/F...?obId=28891787

When one’s own family says their loved one had “a unique sense of humor” - it’s always the polite thing to say.

[Bill Murphy]

Thank you so much for that obituary. Francis was right up there with Ed Muderlak as a professional curmudgeon on the gun websites, especially ours. I invited him to visit me many times, but he never took me up on it, even though he had relatives just a few miles from me. We sparred for years, but reached a bit of a truce in the final years. He hated the PGCA, but he wasn't alone in that feeling. Rest in peace, Francis.

[MarketHunter]

The Great "Runs At The Mouth" is dead.

Tragic

I wonder what will happen to his great great grandpappy's matched pair of A1 Specials that in later years became an A Grade and a D grade then went down to "I don't know what you're talking about" whenever you asked abou them.

[Bill Murphy]

He always claimed to have sold the AA Grade. Didn't you have some visits with him or am I mistaken?

[MarketHunter]

I shot at a tower shoot he attended once. He literally didn't stop talking even as he shot.

[MrBojangles]

I never knew Francis “Drake” Morin but I’m appalled at how much everyone seems to be bashing him.

What was his user name on this forum?

I don’t see how anyone who supports the second amendment and shares an enthusiasm for double barreled shotguns could be such an awful person?

[John D.]

What I'm wondering is HOW did a thread from about 14 (FOURTEEN) years ago get resurrected?

Closed....

John D.