When I was in high school I used to go over to the local gunsmiths house with my father they were old friends . Anyway i developed an intrest for shooting skeet and was contemplating reloading . He was an older fellow then but in his basement shop in the next room he had his den/gunroom and on an old metal desk he had four Ponsness Warren 800B's 12-20-28-410 . He looked me dead in the eye and said boy start with a PW and you'll never want to upgrade . So i first bought a used 800B 12 then an used 800B 28 and started cranking out shells . Shortly thereafter I ran into Jim Cunnigham at Fredricksburg R&G and bought 800C's in 20 and 410 . Jim used to reside in Florida I believe and drive a big Winnebago up each spring staying at the various gun clubs in MD and VA then heading south in the fall . He was also a PW rep/dealer . Me being me I couldn't stand that they weren't all 800C's so I sold the 800B's for profit I might add and bought 800C's to match from Jim Tyrell then the manager of Fairfax R&G . Also bought a 375C from Tyrell with heads for 10 and 16 . When I quit the trap/skeet competition I sold all the loaders thinking I wouldn't load shotgun stuff anymore . Wish I hadn't done that I like PW's far more than a MEC . Only PW I have anymore is a Metallic II for loading rifle and pistol stuff .
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Parker’s , 6.5mm’s , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s and my family in the Philippines !
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