That's great Mike. All Harry's guns were good guns and fairly priced including the 28 gage.

Damn I'm gonna miss that 10 ga O grade hammer. But I will have cleanly cut cigars. What am I gonna do with that case of 10 gauge RSTs she bought me? maybe that 10 ga EH on that other thread?

Glad you guys had a great time as I sure missed being there but had a wonderful trip to So. Dakota. Looks like Mr. Smith took the Parker bait at the Southern in April then you guys set the hook last weekend. Just trying to weather the storm here on the Chesapeake and would have had to have left early as others did. Any chance of having this shoot in Sept. next year instead of Oct.? Hope everyone on the east coast is safe. Keep your powder dry.

All but one of the Parkers were sold this weekend. Thank you all. I only wish that I cauld have shot the course with my friends, but was blessed with their company in the vendors tent and at the Banquet. I also met a Doctor from Naples that had shot with my father for years. I was introduced to a lovely young lady from my hometown. She mentioned her fathers name and doubted I would know him. He and I are the President and Vice President respectivly of an old Mineral company. New Parker friends were made as well. I do miss not seeing you all more often. I only had a ten hour drive. It did rain all the way through the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains, but I forged ahead and arrived home this morning. I pray all arrived home safely.

Harry

It was great to see you and I hope we run into each other at future PGCA events. That is great you were able to sell so many guns. That DH 10 was eating on me this morning and then I saw that another member bought it.

thanks bill for the 8 ga update...maybe someday i will get to attend one of these shoots... wonder who got the old 8 ga on the silent auction... charlie

My new friend Mills Morrison got it I believe.

Yes I did. I have wanted an 8 gauge for a while. We will see whether it is feasible to restore or not. If so, the turkeys had better watch out. If not, it can sit above my bar and tell stories in the silent way such guns do.

A research letter was included and the original owner was E. T. Allen from San Francisco. I googled him and he made hunting knives and apparently ran an early sporting goods store in San Francisco.

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Harry,
It was good meeting you this past weekend. I have left you a private message. Talk soon.

Kathy and I left the hotel in Waynesboro, VA this morning at 6:30 and arrived home this evening at about 6:20 aftef a couple of 'pit-stops' on the way.

I would like to echo just about every good thing that has been said on the thread so far with the exception of the fact that Danny Suponski's name seems to have slipped through the cracks as an invaluable contributor to setting up for the banquet and the silent auction tables and identifying and tagging the items. Deb and Kathy rely on Danny so much that he has become part of the Silent Auction "team".

Regarding the 8 ga. silent auction gun... That gun is an amazing piece of 'folk art' the likes of which are rarely seen in their original used, abused, rapaired, altered (form follows function) condition. Some people might think that gun is just a piece of ______ (fill in the blank), but I find real beauty in it's American 'utility' uniqueness. I wouldn't change it at all but just oil it all over and hang it proudly for all to enjoy.

It was a pleasure to be with all of you and to shoot with some of you too. I wish I had shot on Sunday so that I could have shot some of those trampoline targets!

I can't ever remember anyone spending so much time agonizing over the purchase of a gun that Mike did over Harry's 10 ga. I mean he measured every single aspect of that gun then rechecked his measurements. Good for you Mike! That's the way more buyers should go into a gun purchase and I'm sure Harry respected you for the trouble you took in doing it. That will be a fun Parker to shoot!