Dean’s right. On my last visit to my doc I jokingly told him I had given up cigars. He about threw a fit and reminded me of the expense he went to remodeling his upstairs office into a cigar lounge where we could have a smoke and sip bourbon.

great storeys goes with great people....charlie

I've been on several road trips with Roger Giles, I was with him on his last big one before he passed away. The beauty of them was that he wouldn't let anybody else drive his car and he always insisted on taking his car, so all you had to do was sit back and take it easy. He drove like a maniac and cussed every other driver on the road. I just learned to take a book, a travel cup for coffee, and a couple stiff belts before we left. He always got me where we were going and back home again without any major damage.

DLH

Yup, Mills, one or two drinks each night is OK. Roger's Buick wagon spent a bit of time on autopilot I'm sure.

I spent a lovely few days in Channing MI. with Fred and his dog at a shoot where we stayed at COB's palace. Fred was a character and what I remember the most was his generosity in letting me shoot his BHE straight grip 12. What a gun, what a guy. They really don't make them like that anymore. RIP Fred.

I remember Roger's face vividly but Fred's is a blur. I wish someone could post a picture. If I recall correctly, Roger made the Parker squad in one of the early Parker vs. Smith challenges. He told me the secret was that when he walked up to the line to shoot he just didn't care. He also sent me home with a box of his reloads one year. That's back when Destry and I had the Bogardus vs. Kimble thing going. Still have the score cards and the pocket watch I won.
I think Destry kept the shooting metal. Those were fun times and great folks.

I’m very sorry to learn of the loss of Fred Preston. I do not recall meeting him personally but he and I talked on the telephone several times and shared a love of Parker shot guns and well trained pointers.

Farewell Fred.

Roger was on the very first Parker Squad, he was very proud of that I can tell you. I've got a picture of he and Fred together, I'll see if I can't find it buried here on the computer somewhere.

This was a day we all took our humpback guns and shot down at Camp Perry. I think Jack Apple was with us and took the photo. This was standing out in front of the Moose or Elks or VFW down the road. Roger was a member of all those clubs so that was our standard beer stop after shooting wherever we went.

Thanks Destry, that's a great picture.