Hmmm... Food for thought. Thanks Roger.

Ed Muderlak Memorial
 

Roger, I wholeheartedly agree that the PGCA should have some sort of an ongoing, yearly, memorial for Ed but he was a midwesterner who was better known for his research and his writing than for his shooting, so a "memorial shoot" on the east coast might not be the most appropriate way to honor a man who contributed so much to PGCA and the US shooting community as a whole ... AND, whatever the BOD decides upon should only be done with the consent and approval of Ed's wonderful wife Nancy.

Respectfully,
Jim Kucaba
Phoenix, Arizona

I was shocked to hear of Ed's death. I always enjoyd EDM's post on this forum and if we went back and compiled them it would make, I am sure, an informative and sizeable read. I finaly met Nancy and him at the National Gun Day in Louisville September 2004. We spoke of sailing and of course Parkers. He showed me the butt plate of a pigeon gun Parker with the flying bird rather than the dogs head. I had never seen one before. He signed a copy of Knight of the Trigger for me and I had to scoot off to a dove hunt. We met again at the Southern in 2006 and he kept a room at the little motel spell bound with his insight on Parkers. His philosophy of collecting was to carry his best gun as a "benchmark" and any new addition must equal or better the one in hand.

He's running wing and wing and left us to keep a weather eye....

May the Peace of The Lord be with him.

Harry

Fair Winds
 

Ed:
High are the waves Fierce, gleaming
High is the tempest Roar!
High the sea-bird screaming!
High the azore.
J.Slocum.

Fair winds.

I also am saddened to hear of Eds passing. I only met Ed once, at the Las Vegas gun show, but we had a very interesting discussion about Wesson Shotguns. This led to several additional phone and emails between Ed, myself and Roy Jinks, Historian, Smith & Wesson, about these rare American guns.
Ed had an insatiable thirst to increase his knowledge of American guns and gunners and was always ready to share what he knew with others.
He certainly will be missed.
Gordon

I met Ed a few years back, he was educating me in the Parker shotguns. He took me to a gunshow and traveling to and returning he told me how he got some of his imformation on writing his books, I found to be very impressive. The knowlede and information this man has is just overwelming.
I hunt his farm with flintlock blackpower musket, patch and roundball, and he has seen some of the shots I have made, and he commented in his books I got from him. My last hunt with him hunting deer was the first hunt this year, and I will miss hunting with out him. I always told him what I seen on his farm, the pheasents, quail, coyote and cats. At the end of the day of hunting he would have me discharge my flintlock and that was a sign my day was through and I was safely out of the field and he would not have to come looking for me. I will continue doing so and as a salute to you at the end of my hunt day in the field.
The traveling, fishing, hunting and the people he met and most of all his family he held close to his heart. Friends like him are far in few between and I will always cherish his moments he spent with me. I am blessed to have someone of his caliber to alow me to become and take part of what he cherish so much. God bless you and thanks for the life time of deer hunts you allowed me to have and you overlooked my disabilities and treated me just like a ordinary man.
My deepest condolences and sympathy go to his loving wife Nancy and family.

John and Nancy
Disabled Veteran.