75 100 ?

I guess so...

I shot back to back 24’s a decade or more ago, dropping the 25th in each round. I knew it was not the gun and I decided there and then that I didn’t need to do that to myself and I sold the gun.






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Two goals. 1. To still be upright and breathing in January 2020. 2. Come up with a 26" 20ga to replace the one I gave to my niece, which she finally got to shoot two weeks ago. She hit well with it and was very happy....and, as I had advised her, she refused to let anyone else, not even her parents, touch or shoot it!

That’s very sound advice.





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I'm probably going the opposite way this year. I have a Model-21 20ga upgrade/custom project in the works & will probably be selling a few of my Parkers to help off-set the costs of the project. I'll resume my hunt for Parker's when the 21 project is completed.

A nice 16, 0 frame gh(e) damascus, sub 6 lbs. or a Dickson, Richards,Atkin,Grant light 12ga

I have responsibilities as head of a large family and all its advantages, while still useful in the wage economy. All the guns I ever wanted are in the rack. In a hunting and fishing paradise our MH Lab is a constant companion. I want nothing except, at 87, to be burning brightly to the end, and the same for all members here.

On the Parker front, just dumped them all at Silas Deane Pawn to fund my purchase of the finest flintlock rifle Carl Pippert ever made.

We’ll miss ya Tool :bigbye:





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My goal is to finish the restoration of the VH ugly gun. I bought it at auction a few months back for next to nothing. Turns out, it's a fantastic skeet gun and I shoot it well. I posted about it when I purchased and will post the "before and after" pics when the first phase, metal refinish, is complete. Then, it is off for wood work. I saw the barrels, trigger guard and small parts after removal of rust and a proper rust blue. They look fantastic. Old engraved name removed from the action, engraving recut, and now, off to get new case colors. So far, so good, and in budget.

I was at the auction standing there watching . The barrels were cut the metal was loosely called refinished , the wood was refinished , the barrels had been cut , the wood to metal fit was horrible , gun was an 0 frame as well as I can remember the serial number dated it at 1902 or 3 . You missed nothing , if you had purchased it you woulda've had a small fortune in it to make it decent and it would always be not anywhere near the way it left the factory .

Completing my 00 frame 28 gauge custom project, my 0 frame 20 gauge repair and restoration to "age appropriate" condition, begin restoration work on my $150 grade early lifter short 10, and decide what to do with the D grade top lever 10 that needs re-jointing.

And bargain hunting!

My first order of business it to decide what two Parkers to add for my upcoming January quail hunt. I take 6 guns for a three day hunt:eek: and there are 4
that are a must go. The two additions will be 20's maybe a 28 (I'm already taking a hammer gun in 28) something from the dark corners of the tomb, perhaps the Damascus CHE or GHE 20's who knows it's a conundrum for sure :rotf:

The next step is to keep my net worth intact at the Southern:shock:

Ike will get a girlfriend the end of spring or early summer depending on the breeding dates so a month to six weeks in the U.P. with Ike, Molly several Parkers and a couple of English guns is definitely on the calendar.

The thing with goals however is once achieved they no longer motivate so lets all strive to keep achieving:)

Goals achieved quickly get replaced by new goals.

Those sound like the words of a motivational speaker.... and I always thought you made your millions in insurance.





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Tough choices
 

Rich in your personal hunting absence could I borrow the remainder of your Gun inventory for a year??? Dove hunt last Sat was outa site some of the best this year. Cool afternoons which I’ll take over Sept 105 degree weather. Have a good trip

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson: "The thing with goals however is once achieved they no longer motivate so lets all strive to keep achieving."
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[QUOTE=Dean Romig;262301]Those sound like the words of a motivational speaker.... and I always thought you made your millions in insurance.

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“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? “

Robert Browning (1812-1889), early motivational speaker.

30 + years of selling insurance requires all sorts of motivation:whistle:

So the old saying is true, no one can match the endurance of the man who sells insurance. I'm working on 35 years this August, geez !

Made me think about this

I sold insurance for a company called Combined Insurance door to door for over ten years....."for every adversity there is a seed of equal or greater benefit"....and there was:)

I dunno, he looks more like the local attorney to me :rotf:

:rotf::rotf::rotf:

Could be

I also have some projects to get out of the way. I need to send my new 10 gauge off somewhere, but know I will need money to get some small bores. We will see

About the only shotgun I'm looking for in a very casual way is a 30 inch 410 hammer gun. I do know the whereabouts of a VHE 16 with a straight grip and 32 inch barrels that might become available:whistle:

Rich what frame size is that 16/32"?

Amen Brother!!! I am in my 34th year!!:eek:

I obtained a 28 bore English hammer gun with 30" barrels in really nice shape this past year....it is a killing machine with the rst 2 1/2's

I have 2 policies with Combined and have had to use it in the past. They held up their end of the bargain both times!

Reggie the 32 inch 16 is on a #1 frame.
Mark I bought a W.R. Pape 28 hammergun at a shoot several years ago. It has 28 inch fluid steel barrels and is a great quail gun.

Rich....I apologize for using the forum for this but I sent you a couple of private messages and I don't believe you got them. I want to send you some vintage 2" Eley cartridges. My email is thomas.j.flanigan@outlook.

Tom I never did get the PM. I'm e mailing you my info.

DONE

Congratulations John. We know the shooter - please tell us about the gun.





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My goals changed when I signed up to bid on a great VH .410 in a recent auction. Unfortunately, the checkbook ran out about six items before the .410 came up. The .410 sold for a wonderful $9000. Believe me, this won't be the last .410 to come to auction in the near future.

Good job John! I have a 16 0 frame and a new 28 gauge. Also have taken both VH 20s hunting so things are going well

Wow! What was wrong with it?

Ok Dean. So yesterday I actually met my 2019 goal but not my Parker goal. I took my first 50 straight with my Ithaca Flues 5E SBT, straight stock, 34 inch barrel. Both of my Parker SBT's are presently in the "shop".

Today however, I reached my 2019 Parker goal and then some. I returned to the trap field with the 10 pound Voorhees BHE 12 gauge on a 3 frame, 34 inch barrels, ventilated rib, beaver tail forend, straight stock with cheek piece. First round I shot a 21 but ended with 7 straight. Then I settled down and in the next two rounds shot straight for 50. I even picked up another 10 in fourth round before I inevitably missed.

That gave me my 50 straight with a Parker and a long run of 67 over the 4 rounds.

Wear them all out from shooting and hunting and need them all to be redone by end of bird season 2019-2020. What a great year that would be!!!!!!!

I would like to find a 20 ga DH with 28” Damascus barrels in need of help (ie restoration).