All I can say, Amazing..................

To the top for the poster with the brown VHE 20.

VERY difficult to not look at this thread for Lord knows how many times!

I certainly have a very soft spot for old dogs and beautiful shotguns.

I have yet to see Gunner's Gun up close and personal but that is on the bucket list. I also have issues with soft spots. The one in my head has seen some dogs of shotguns find their way home with me and of course a few decent ones. But the one in my heart is reserved for gun dogs (all dogs welcome but there is a special corner for gun dogs).
Cheers,
Jack

Jack good to see you here again and I hope all is well. If you can make back to the U.P. I'll be sure to bring Gunner's Gun with me.....or I could come and hunt Pheasant's Daisy loves Pheasants.

Rich. glad this threat was revised again.. Great gun, for a great dog I am sure. I had a very special Lab in the "80's that lived to be 16........so I know what a very special dog is. That is a beautiful tribute to a very special dog.................Steve

Thanks Steve, Gunner was a wonderful companion and is missed terribly.

"I want to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am."

What a wonderful tribute to your precious fur person. Congratulations to you and gunner.

A VH is just a VH -- but this wonderful Parker was lucky enough to be chosen to make a perfect canvas for your GG, which is now a truly unique and perfect gem. The wood, engraving and checking are magnificent. I hope gunner will be able to enjoy this jewel with you in the field for many more hunts.

Richard

Thank you Richard for the kind words. Gunner is pictured in my Avatar with his gun. Unfortunately he passed away the day before bird season opened.

I have to open this thread again to state that my famous Wirehair, Eva, famous from side by side shoots, is alive and well and will be 12 in October. She is very athletic, 55 pounds, and waiting to visit at the Vintagers next month. I hope my good friend, Anderson, will visit with his latest pup.

Really want to see this gun - any way to view the photo's w/out setting up a photo bucket account?

Send Rich a pm, he will send you pic's , its a beautiful gun.

Scott what with the change at photobucket I'll take some pictures and post them on this thread. Marc Ouellette took the original pictures and I'll ask him if he has them and if so would he post them again. He is really good at taking pictures. I know Gary Charmichael posted a picture of it with his gun dedicated to his dog Mattie and I think they were under a topic about wood.

Bill I won't be at the Vintagers.My daughter is getting married 9/23 then I'm off to the Upper peninsula for a month of grouse hunting. My new hunting companion won't be here until after the southern. I'm taking no chances and am getting a started dog.

Ok Scott here goes nothing:rotf:

That worked out pretty well so here are some more.

wow - that is just extraordinary! I have long wanted to do something similar, in honor of my first shorthair. I hope to follow your lead someday. Thanks for sharing.

Great job and very tastefully done, Rich.

Here's to Gunner :cheers:

Thanks Scott. If I can help you along the way to your custom gun just let me know.

Mr. Anderson

The gun is outstanding, the motive supreme! Your first day tradition gets a tip of my hat. If Heaven is all I can dream it to be I'll need to take a whistle.

Scot and Daryl, my Maryland Parker buddies, read the Maryland provenance of Gunner's Gun on page 4 of this thread. The lovely Linda was not shooting her VH 20 and decided to sell it to Rich for his project. She is one happy camper after seeing the results of Rich's project. This is a 1917 gun if I recall correctly.

I'm very familiar with this gun and Rich sure did it and his dog justice.:bowdown:

On a geographical exercise of near epic proportions, I was able to find, in the dark, 6th Street in Channing Michigan. A single light cast a faint glow on a silent figure in a leather lounger. I was about to meet Rich for the first time and it happened to be grouse season. Crazy Daisy was wary of a strange character arriving but warmed soon enough to another dog person who also smelled a bit of Hoppes. We had good conversation and a night cap or two and a hearty breakfast. (there was a brief sleep between night caps and breakfast). The woods were glorious and the grouse abounded but not particularly close enough. That did change and it was a memorable time. So much so, another trip happened a couple years later.

The second trip saw me have the opportunity to handle (not shoot) Gunner's Gun. To have that gun in hand is a whole different experience even than viewing these amazing pictures. It is truly a wonderful gun and a tribute to a great dog that I can only wish I could have met.

Hope the grouse are cooperating with you Rich.

Cheers,
Jack

We will see Jack. The first week of October I'll be in Wisconsin hunting then back to Channing for the rest of the month. Your welcome anytime.

This was once my wife's, "The Lovely Linda's," gun, and she is impressed with the result, as am I. I gave as much historical information on the gun as was available, and resulting gun was as good a result as could have been expected. What a great gun.