New Member in Kentucky

[Kevin McCormack]

FWIW, Parker master engraver Bob Runge made the observation many years ago that the Kf mark could possibly be a final inspector's mark from the barrel shop connected with manager Walter King and the German word fertig, meaning "finished." His theory was that barrels so marked were completed and ready to be forwarded to the next step in building a gun.

[Gregory T Lloyd]

Originally Posted by Harry Collins

Gregory,

I'm between Lexington and Versailles. If you are near I would love to see your Parker once the dust settles from the coronavirus. Do you shoot clays at Kentucky Sportsmans League or Elk Creek?

Kindest, Harry

Harry

I'd love to get together. I have only recently begun to shoot clays, and have not been to either venue yet. I'm hoping to go to Elk Creek soon...after life returns to a more normal state.

Greg

[Gregory T Lloyd]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

p.s. If I had a wife that went out and bought me antique firearms, I would go to chef's school.

I am the cook in the house. Have been for 32 years. She won't try due to intimidation, I guess. Now you know why we're both significantly overweight!

[Gregory T Lloyd]

Originally Posted by John Davis

The gun will make a great shooter but I can't believe you were so anxious to leave God's country.

Having lived all over the world during my youth, I developed an affinity for a certain climate type...and Georgia ain't it! Don't get me wrong, I lived there for a total of 14 years, but I've been in Kentucky for 30, and the northern tip of Kentucky at that.
What made me leave is I was a senior at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. My first rotation in Senior Clinics was Equine Lameness. I got to be the handler to run the horses on hot black asphalt while the Clinicians diagnosed the cause of the lameness. Problem was it was July 1986, and it was 108 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade for a week straight! I went home dehydrated and vomiting every night, and managed to lose 15 lbs I didn't have to lose in 1 week. I made my mind up that if I was going to pursue my dream of being a mixed animal vet and spending a significant proportion of my time outdoors, it wasn't going to be Georgia. So I started looking around, and wound up in Kentucky. Met my wife here, and the rest is history.
Different strokes...
Charlie Daniels song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" comes to mind...cuz' he felt at home there! I just can't handle the heat. I keep thinking my next home is going to be in Alaska!

Greg

[Gregory T Lloyd]

I finally got the calipers out and measured the choke to be 0.700 inches in diameter, and the barrel is an even 30" long. I mention it because I had joked about turkey hunting with it.
I'll actually be turkey hunting with my Benelli SBE3, with extra full choke (Jelly Head, turkey choke), and Trijicon RMR reflex red dot sight.

[J. A. EARLY]

Without knowing the bore size and assuming .729 or thereabouts, you have a full choke, not extra full but full. Find out if it likes 6s, 5s, or 4s and go for it.

[Richard Flanders]

Sounds like a turkey slaying gun to me. You might like it up here in Alaska Gregory; there's still 3ft of snow in my yard!

[Gregory T Lloyd]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

Sounds like a turkey slaying gun to me. You might like it up here in Alaska Gregory; there's still 3ft of snow in my yard!

I'm sort of jealous...but I thought I heard there weren't any turkeys up there! Is that right?

But a moose hunt...that is my dream!

[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

Harry and Greg - Keep me in mind if there is a plan hatched to get some KY Parker guys together to shoot some clays! I'd love to join you, although I'm coming from the Bowling Green area.

All the best,
Dave

[Richard Flanders]

Other than a few of my politically misguided neighbors, no, there are no turkeys up here. Some folks raise them, but no wild. Moose are getting very difficult to find; too many hunters chasing them. Hell, getting a moose is my dream also! I haven't shot one in 20yrs, and it's not for lack of trying.