Larry Del Grego

[Mike Franzen]

i had the honor to attend the PGCA HOF Banquet on April 24th. While reading about it in the PP I was reminded about meeting Larry Del Grego. I happened to walk up to the bar at Ruth's Chris Steak House and he was standing there alone. I congratulated him and thanked him for being such a big part of the continuing Parker Story. He couldn't have been nicer and was willing to engage in conversation. We talked about the news story, a gun they refurbished which I own and just made friendly small talk for about 10 minutes. He was a great guy and I thought if we lived closer we would probably have been friends. I hope to run into him again some day.

[Phillip Carr]

I could not agree more Mike. I have had Larry do work for me on 3 different occasions and each time I called him, he was very polite and most helpful. I never felt he was rushing to get off the phone, and chatted about other things than just the work I was sending. A true gentleman and professional.

[Ed Blake]

I've had several phone conversatrions with him. Nice guy.

[Brian Dudley]

Are we talking about "Babe" or Lawrence here?

[Linn Matthews]

Lawrence did some work for me a few years ago. Great job, did what was asked, made some recommendations, etc I will go back when I need more work done.

[Mike Franzen]

I'm talking about Lawrence. He went by Larry on his name tag.

[Chuck Bishop]

I too talked with Lawrence at the bar. He talked and talked and I listened and listened. Same with Babe when I visited in Ilion a year or so ago. So many stories they can tell. I told Lawrence that his father should write or record his experiences and he said he is trying to get his father to do so. They are good people!

[Russ Jackson]

Sorry to say I have never had the pleasure of meeting Larry in person but called the shop one afternoon to discuss a couple of guns and he couldn't have been more pleasant to talk with ! We discussed my DelGrego / Runge Upgrade , BHE 410 in depth and a couple of other guns ,we must have been on the phone close to an hour ! Very enjoyable conversation and very informative ,I look most forward to meeting Him in the near future !

[Thomas Garver]

I was in Larry's shop last Thursday for some repairs and it took him about 5 minutes to assess the situation and I was still there 1 1/2 hrs later. Showed me around and we discussed all things guns-Parker and otherwise. Also got to meet Babe and talked with him for a few minutes. When I left I felt like my gun and I were in good hands.