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david ross

10-18-2011, 12:59 PM

Hi All.
I hope this not silly or sentimental but as you get older i am 60 now you think
of these things. I have decided that when the time comes that i can no longer
hunt or shoot god forebid or on the event of my death now i'm getting
morebid. I would like my parker gun to go home back to the US and in to the
hands of a PGCA MEMBER in the hope that it will bring as much enjoyment to
them as it does to me:) As i feel it would be appreciated more than over in the UK . This will not be for many-many years i hope:whistle:.

P.S. this will be at a price obviously.
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

Bill Murphy

10-18-2011, 01:14 PM

David, I would really like to help you bring your Parker home, but I have no idea how to do it. If you figure out a way, let me know and I will send you a check!

Gary Carmichael Sr

10-18-2011, 01:30 PM

David get those thoughts out of your head! Think positive! Good Lord willing you will be shooting 20 years from now, I am going on the big 70, but I like beautiful women, fast cars, and "old" bourbon, not to mention a hoarding problem I have with the Parker Shot gun. As the TV guy says, Live long and well! Gary

david ross

10-18-2011, 02:07 PM

David, I would really like to help you bring your Parker home, but I have no idea how to do it. If you figure out a way, let me know and I will send you a check!

Hi Bill.

Make it a BIG ONE $ ?:whistle:
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

david ross

10-18-2011, 02:14 PM

Destry L. Hoffard

10-19-2011, 01:29 PM

You can ship guns from the UK to here and the other way around. I sent a Tolley 8 gauge hammer gun to a friend in England door to door not that many years ago. More modern guns require paperwork but it's not that hard once you know the rules.

Destry

Ed Blake

10-19-2011, 01:59 PM

Dave Suponski

10-19-2011, 02:04 PM

Ya Dave...I agree with Ed! You need to come shoot with us boy's from the colonies. The Southern is awesome..

Bill Murphy

10-19-2011, 03:32 PM

My checkbook has almost perfect attendance at the Southern.

david ross

10-19-2011, 06:01 PM

Before you make plans to give anything away, you need to bring that gun over here in person and shoot it at the Southern SxS, or one of the other very fine shoots PGCA members participate. Think about it.

Hi All.:)
Hope to come over next year for the AGM may bring that gun:whistle:.
Will there be a shoot there plus what is the hunting like at that time of the
year as i would love to get some in :cool:.
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

Bill Murphy

10-19-2011, 06:51 PM

You will have to tell us what the AGM is. It isn't hitting any bells with me.

david ross

10-20-2011, 10:52 AM

You will have to tell us what the AGM is. It isn't hitting any bells with me.

Hi Bill.
AGM annual general meeting PGCA next year.
Where do you all keep your guns at the PGCA meeting and shoots ect'
as i do not like to leave my guns in a hotel room:nono:.
And i do not wish to carry it with me all day ?.
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

Bruce Day

10-20-2011, 03:01 PM

David, just a friendly comment. Others have invited you to the Southern, that is a wonderful venue for shooting , gun gawking, sales, purchases and meeting fellow Parker and side by side enthusiasts.

I'm sure you could bring your Parker over to shoot. I don't know the requirements but I would not think they are too complicated, but it warrants an internet search for the regulations both US ,UK and airline.

Third, if you did want to consider selling your Parker, approach it cautiously and get some advice concerning price range. Sharks swim in the Internet Ocean.

Best,
Bruce Day

Francis Morin

10-20-2011, 03:08 PM

Hi Gary.
Don't get me wrong i love life and have no intention of popping my cloggs yet.
All the best Dave.:bigbye: I'm 70 and am still out with a gun in hand most any day- weather and other chores non-withstanding- and I like redheads (that's a brand of recoil pad guys) Irish whiskey and beers, German beers and food, Polish wedding receptions, golf, poker- and when you come over here to the "Colonies" Dave- I've got that 20 M12 I wrote you about the other day 'on my bench" for a strip and clean- or you can shoot my 20 AH Fox Sterlingworth bird gun as well. So hoist a pint of Porter at Duffy's tonight (allowing for the time change difference between us) stay well, tip the pub keeper's daughter properly, and take a can home-- :whistle::whistle::whistle::whistle:

John Dallas

10-20-2011, 03:27 PM

David - There is a group called the Anglo American Shooting Society(AASS) who regularly travel back and forth between the US and the UK with some spectacular guns (at least the ones I saw at Bray's Island a few years ago).

This article mentions several British members of the AASS. If you could find a way to contact one of them, they could give you the procedure for moving guns

http://theshootingsociety.com/blog/133-fun-and-frolics-at-the-cla-game-fair.html

david ross

10-20-2011, 04:19 PM

Hi Bruce.
The guns not for sale but thanks for the advice as per' sharks.
All the best Dave.

david ross

10-20-2011, 04:23 PM

Thanks John.
I will look it up.
All the best Dave.

david ross

10-20-2011, 04:29 PM

Hi Francis.
Look forward to shooting your 20 bores.
All the best Dave.

Destry L. Hoffard

10-20-2011, 04:52 PM

Why come for the annual meeting and to maybe shoot a few clay birds? Why not set up an actual hunting trip for yourself and have some real fun?

Destry

Francis Morin

10-20-2011, 05:01 PM

Hi Francis.
Look forward to shooting your 20 bores.
All the best Dave.-- But if you want to shoot my 16 or 28 gauge guns- might as well carry coal to Newcastle on that. I'll have some good old dairy farm barnyard pigeons a waitin'-- best to pack your "Wellies" as the mud and poop can get a bit much-- one area gun club has a 400 yard rifle range- just a "warm up" for the 30-06 scoped rifles- and there's always 'pasture pigs"- aka- woodchucks--