I understand completely. I've been struggling with the same issue on my A1 Special. I just need to determine once and for all that I am not going to sell it, then I'll be free to shoot the heck out of it. But until then, I'm too concerned with damaging a very collectible Repro. :banghead:

I read somewhere that our possessions own us, if we let them ......

Of all the A-1 Special Repros on the planet, your's Marvin, is the best and most desirable one ever built! :bowdown:

I like Gerry's thinking. Own two Parkers and use both guns. One is a neat old VH 30" f/f with a pinned stock that my friends shoot who wish to see what a sxs is like. The other is a BH duck gun that is nice, but not too nice not to shoot.

After you get a few guns, interest starts to fester like a splinter...quite a fever develops. I get my jollies surfing the ads and ginning up reasons to buy lots of guns. In fact, I don't think I ever saw a gun on Green's site that I didn't think a few times about. Man that guy takes good pictures!

Then after a few days and some measured breathing, the itch passes and I head back over to GI or an auction site and peep some more. I don't think the splinter will ever come out...so I pick at it every so often.

Decided to shoot 'em and maybe send them in for a tune up every decade. At 60, collecting doesn't make any sense when heading out to shoot is way more enjoyable. Just not enough damn time. Anyway, I certainly would have made a lot of mistakes had this site not existed, everyone's post has helped me find my place as a Parker owner and Gerry has just re-confirmed it for me.

Great place to smoke a cigar and visit a few times a week.

:rotf:

Nah, but it sure is pretty ....

Looks like at least three of us are the same age. I was born in 1951 as well, and they call me "kid" at the local gun club. :eek:

Scary part is at our age the majority of gun people are older than us!