Looking back more years than I care to remember the only mistake I could admit to was buying too many 12 ga. and not enough smallbores especially in AH Fox. Of course that means 20 ga guns as I don't consider 16 ga a smallbore but I have a few of them also.

I regret letting a few guns that I have owned go. But, you cannot keep them all. You just hope that another one just as memorable is around the corner.

My neck is killing me from looking around corners.

Of the many I've made, my biggest regret, was not a regret at the time I sold my dad's 28" BHE20 to pay for my daughter's Master's degree. It became a regret, when she quit meteorology and got her captains license and now runs a boat in the Gulf. When she was home at Christmas, she said she wishes she had done it sooner. So do I.

I passed on a BHE 16 gauge skeet gun with vent rib back in the 60s in near mint condition and 0 frame for $1750!!! If it had been a 20 or smaller gauge it would have been mine. Bobby

Not buying Clark Gables Parker back in the '80's I believe. Often while watching Turner Classic Movies my wife will say "I wish you would have bought Clark Gable's Parker". I would had to have taken out a loan at the time but should have. It would be worth more today and the idea of it is neat.

Was it Carol Lombard who inherited Gable's or did she have one of her own?





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"paralysis by analysis" is been an issue with me for years, hence losing multiple fine firearms to other shooters and collectors.

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;327091]Was it Carol Lombard who inherited Gable's or did she have one of her own?
Lombard predeceased Gable. She died in airplane crash returning from war bond drive. Supposedly she was the one who purchased it for him though. The way I remember it Dave Riffle in Florida had it advertised, CHE 20 about $10-12K.

When was it advertised at that price? A bit too cheaply by today’s evaluation standards, don’t ya think?





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Was in Clark Gable's home town this morning, Cadiz, Ohio.