Shopping at the Southern

[Craig Larter]

I really look forward to all aspects of the Southern but it's a great shopping event. Not so much buy,buy,buy but an opportunity to handle such a great variety of guns. It seems ever year I'm not really looking for a new gun but most years I end up with something new LOL. As I pack my stuff for next week I wonder what will follow me home. How about you? Do you have a specific Parker in mind or is your field of view open?

[Mark Britton]

It is good for me that The Southern comes after April 15th. Ouch. I'm not Buying anything !How many times have I said that ?

[Daryl Corona]

No Parkers but I'm hoping there is a smallbore Fox with my name on it.

[Mike Koneski]

If I buy something at The Southern, it’s not from perusing the tents. 99.9% of anything I buy there is prearranged before I’m even packed and heading south. If I go into the tents it’s to visit with my buddies at the Lefever booth and that’s only after I’m done shooting for the day.

[Bob Jurewicz]

To me it's not the "take" that's important . It's the thrill of the hunt.
I spend most of my time in the tents talking to friends, new and old, and looking at guns.
Bob Jurewicz

[tom tutwiler]

In my mind it is the event to kick off the year. See lots of old friends and fondle a gun or two. Just maybe you might find something the fits a need or at least a perceived need. Good food and sometimes goof weather. Guns that are priced right will move. That said it's always about supply and demand. Small bores will cost more just like they always do.

[Garry L Gordon]

I’m just glad to be able to go…and I always bring an empty gun case, just in case.

[Mike Koneski]

The best thing for me beyond the shooting is wearing polo shirts and shorts to do that shooting in. With the cold and damp seemingly never ending winters we have, this event means “Spring is here!”. Supposed to be 80 around Sanford this week. :clap: Plus as usually is the case, I arrive back home Monday and spring gobbler opens Saturday.

BTW, Hawaiian shirts are ready for Friday.

[Eric Eis]

This is the first year in many that I have not been able to go as I could not find a ride down to the Southern. I hope everyone has good shooting and maybe finds that special gun. I'll miss seeing everyone have a great time. Eric

[Craig Larter]

I try to impose the if I buy one I have to sell one. The hard part for me is the selling decision. My discipline goes out the window at times. The Southern is like a food buffet, too many choices for dessert.

[Kevin McCormack]

No Parkers but I'm hoping there is a smallbore Fox with my name on it.

Did you get my eMail? Response?? It's a sizzler!!!

[Daryl Corona]

Did you get my eMail? Response?? It's a sizzler!!!

Yep, I responded a couple days ago.

[Kevin McCormack]

Yep, I responded a couple days ago.

For some reason I never received it - pls. resend. Thx., K.

[Josh Loewensteiner]

We’re loading up and getting ready. Shoppers and offers welcome at the Lion Stone booth all weekend long! It’ll be our largest display ever! I enjoy the weekend of the Southern more than any other weekend of the year.

And for those that follow Guyette and Deeter, wait until you see the Parkers they will have on display!

[Rich Anderson]

I never plan on buying anything. I bought a Jeep several weeks ago for an Upper Peninsula woods/ grouse hunting buggy so I was safe. I didn't even bring a check book:eek:. I left two guns for sale and sold one.
Immediately I bought a Leopold Vari X III 3.5x10x40 gloss. These are hard to find and I have a new (1974 vintage) Browning Safari grade (Sako action) 243 or a Cooper Custom Classic 17 HMR to put it on. I also stumbled into a pound of Green Dot powder. I was a happy camper and content with these meager acquisitions.
However I stopped to say hello to Bob Nay at McNab firearms to introduce myself. I bought a matched pair of Stephan Grant 16's from him right after the Southern last year.
I ended up with a matched pair of Purdey Island Lock hammer guns and a GH 32 inch twenty. Not bad for not having a check book:rotf:

[Stan Hoover]

I never plan on buying anything. I bought a Jeep several weeks ago for an Upper Peninsula woods/ grouse hunting buggy so I was safe. I didn't even bring a check book:eek:. I left two guns for sale and sold one.
Immediately I bought a Leopold Vari X III 3.5x10x40 gloss. These are hard to find and I have a new (1974 vintage) Browning Safari grade (Sako action) 243 or a Cooper Custom Classic 17 HMR to put it on. I also stumbled into a pound of Green Dot powder. I was a happy camper and content with these meager acquisitions.
However I stopped to say hello to Bob Nay at McNab firearms to introduce myself. I bought a matched pair of Stephan Grant 16's from him right after the Southern last year.
I ended up with a matched pair of Purdey Island Lock hammer guns and a GH 32 inch twenty. Not bad for not having a check book:rotf:

Must be something about the good looks and the Snow White beard, not sure how else you could pull that off:bowdown:

[Daryl Corona]

Allow me to add that poor Richard has NEVER left the Southern without buying a gun or two, checkbook or not. The GH twenty is nice.:nono::)

[Craig Larter]

I never plan on buying anything. I bought a Jeep several weeks ago for an Upper Peninsula woods/ grouse hunting buggy so I was safe. I didn't even bring a check book:eek:. I left two guns for sale and sold one.
Immediately I bought a Leopold Vari X III 3.5x10x40 gloss. These are hard to find and I have a new (1974 vintage) Browning Safari grade (Sako action) 243 or a Cooper Custom Classic 17 HMR to put it on. I also stumbled into a pound of Green Dot powder. I was a happy camper and content with these meager acquisitions.
However I stopped to say hello to Bob Nay at McNab firearms to introduce myself. I bought a matched pair of Stephan Grant 16's from him right after the Southern last year.
I ended up with a matched pair of Purdey Island Lock hammer guns and a GH 32 inch twenty. Not bad for not having a check book:rotf:

Rich u the man:bowdown:
I bought nothing except a hot dog and a cheeseburger. Had the time of my life, great couple of days.

[CraigThompson]

I never plan on buying anything. I bought a Jeep several weeks ago for an Upper Peninsula woods/ grouse hunting buggy so I was safe. I didn't even bring a check book:eek:. I left two guns for sale and sold one.
Immediately I bought a Leopold Vari X III 3.5x10x40 gloss. These are hard to find and I have a new (1974 vintage) Browning Safari grade (Sako action) 243 or a Cooper Custom Classic 17 HMR to put it on. I also stumbled into a pound of Green Dot powder. I was a happy camper and content with these meager acquisitions.
However I stopped to say hello to Bob Nay at McNab firearms to introduce myself. I bought a matched pair of Stephan Grant 16's from him right after the Southern last year.
I ended up with a matched pair of Purdey Island Lock hammer guns and a GH 32 inch twenty. Not bad for not having a check book:rotf:

So how’s about some pictures of the GH 20 32” there Santa ?

[Kevin McCormack]

Saw the GH 20 32" Rich; nice gun! Didn't look closely at the Island Lock Purdeys; are they Galapagos or Falklands style??

[Rich Anderson]

Craig my camera is broken but I did receive some pictures via E Mail from the former owner. If you give me your E Mail address I'll forward them and you can possibly post them.

Kevin the Purdey's are the Canary Islands style with Dolphin hammers :). A truly beautiful pair, cased with accessories.

[Bob Jurewicz]

Here is Rich's GH 20 GA 32".

[Craig Larter]

Nice gun. Rich you operate fast, I didn't even have a chance to look at the gun. I heard it walked into the Puglisi booth as a trade???? Tell us how the deal was done.

[Rich Anderson]

My understanding is the previous owner sold it to Josh Lowenstiner he then traded it to Puglisi. Mike Smith heard about it and as we were walking the tent it was being examined by Troy and his partner from Puglisi's.
We looked at it talked price a little then asked if we could measure it also. We did and it checked out other than the right barrel was pretty open choked.
Back to Troy we went told him what we found and haggled a little more and settled on a price. I told him I'd send a check as soon as I got home and he could ship it to me. He took down my information and said take it home and send the check so I did.

Some interesting facts on this. It dates to 1890 and the serialization book lists it just as it is but as an 0 frame Damascus 16 with 28 inch barrels. It now wears 32 inch Vulcan barrels which are serialized to the frame and has the post 1910 bolt bite. Given this information it's a good assumption the gun was rebarreled by Parker after 1910.

It will come to Earnie's in June with me so if anyone would like to look it over they can. Sometimes being in the right place at the right time is a good thing.

[Rich Anderson]

It does have a lot of condition considering it's age. Now if I could find a set of O frame 16ga Damascus barrels I could put it back to it's original configuration.