Where is Kevin McCormack?????

[Tom Flanigan]

It's good to hear from Kevin. I plan to buy him and Bill dinner when we have the sit down. Lot's of stuff to talk about. I have a lot of catching up to do with those boys. Unlike Kevin, I went in the opposit direction with my collection. I sold every non Parker, except for my Holland 28 bore. Parkers are in my blood. The first guns I ever saw as a post toddler were Parkers, the first gun I ever fired was a Parker at eight years old and the first grouse I ever took was with a Parker. But after the sale of "other" shotguns, I got it in my head that I needed a 20 bore Fox. I bought a closet CE 20 bore from Gary Herman years ago. It had factory 25" barrels both bored full choke. Why anyone would order 25" barrels with full choke is beyond me. But if I remember correctly, Bill Murphy had a wonderful 16 bore GH two barrels set, one of which was a factory 25" with full choke in both barrels. I sold the fox because I couldn't take it grouse hunting and I absoutly refuse to mess with factory chokes. It's an abomination, in my opinion. But the little CE was one pretty gun.