Ed Muderlak

[Jim Kucaba]

Originally Posted by C Roger Giles

I can see a EDM memorial shoot coming on, I hope at the Vintagers.

Rog

Roger, I wholeheartedly agree that the PGCA should have some sort of an ongoing, yearly, memorial for Ed but he was a midwesterner who was better known for his research and his writing than for his shooting, so a "memorial shoot" on the east coast might not be the most appropriate way to honor a man who contributed so much to PGCA and the US shooting community as a whole ... AND, whatever the BOD decides upon should only be done with the consent and approval of Ed's wonderful wife Nancy.

Respectfully,
Jim Kucaba
Phoenix, Arizona

[Harry Collins]

I was shocked to hear of Ed's death. I always enjoyd EDM's post on this forum and if we went back and compiled them it would make, I am sure, an informative and sizeable read. I finaly met Nancy and him at the National Gun Day in Louisville September 2004. We spoke of sailing and of course Parkers. He showed me the butt plate of a pigeon gun Parker with the flying bird rather than the dogs head. I had never seen one before. He signed a copy of Knight of the Trigger for me and I had to scoot off to a dove hunt. We met again at the Southern in 2006 and he kept a room at the little motel spell bound with his insight on Parkers. His philosophy of collecting was to carry his best gun as a "benchmark" and any new addition must equal or better the one in hand.

He's running wing and wing and left us to keep a weather eye....

May the Peace of The Lord be with him.

Harry

[Greg Miller CTGunLaw]

Ed:
High are the waves Fierce, gleaming
High is the tempest Roar!
High the sea-bird screaming!
High the azore.
J.Slocum.

Fair winds.

[Gordon Green]

I also am saddened to hear of Eds passing. I only met Ed once, at the Las Vegas gun show, but we had a very interesting discussion about Wesson Shotguns. This led to several additional phone and emails between Ed, myself and Roy Jinks, Historian, Smith & Wesson, about these rare American guns.
Ed had an insatiable thirst to increase his knowledge of American guns and gunners and was always ready to share what he knew with others.
He certainly will be missed.
Gordon