Saving to Buy A Parker
 

My buddy up the hollow has his first hay crop coming in. If there are a couple more cuttings this year and the turnips do well, he is hopeful there will be enough left to buy a decent Parker. We get few Parkers other than old beaters west of the Mississippi but every once in a while a decent one escapes the east coast.

Making a run at it too :)
 

Bruce,
I'm going to make a run at it too but it's going to take me a little longer.

Craig, maybe they will let an old Trojan escape their grasp this year and we'll get to buy a gun.

Maybe drive the pick up to that farmers auction place up in Maine and see if we can buy a cheap one.

Finding a new parker
 

I'm in Iowa and nice Parkers are rarely seen here, but I hope to get a list of the gun shows where they walk in rolled up in a blanket. I rarely seem to be in the right place at the right time, everyone says to me 'you should have been here yesterday.'

Bruce, Craig, Looks like you got a good crop of hay this year Craig I do think your method is a little slower and the bales just as hard to handle do you have a tractor with a fork? Just finished the first cutting here on the mountain last week, I only have 15 acres cleared for hay but do have some small food plots, I sowed red and white clover and orchard grass for these. Lots of turkey, doves, deer. No pheasants, sometimes a covey of quail, and a grouse once in a great while. We do find a Parker once in a while too! Gary

Maybe the bunch of us including my buddy up in the hollow can pool our money and buy a Parker.

Looking forward to seeing photos of this newly obtained Parker. Surely it will be a very nice one and especially if the turnip crop is good. I've been doing them for years but am now thinking about doing away with the lawn and maybe even the wooded areas to produce them for sale. Bruce, does your turnip farmer friend grow more than a 1/2 acre of them? And, thanks also for what you do! Bob

Maybe you boys ought to pool your money and buy PGCA raffle tickets and try to get a Parker that way. It would be a nice gun got cheap if you win. You could take turns hunting with it.

Funny you should say that... I'm buying a very nice one out of Kansas... That's west of the Mississippi, right?

Because as soon as we get a nice one from the east coast it gets bought back and is lost again. Oh well. I did get to see some nice Parker's in North Carolina.

Kansas is actually west not east of the Mississippi. By about 250 miles.

I'm saving up to buy me some of that hay!

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Aw Bruce,Don't hand me that crap. I just sent a nice B grade to your friend in Missouri....:rolleyes:

maybe it was supposed to be a surprise

I know, we should be content to get your culls. Oh happy day! :)

:rotf:

Bruce, as I am sure you are aware, your poor turnip farmer is haying with equipment that costs more than an A1 Special. His bailer would easily cover the price of a nice 28 gauge V or maybe a G. Farming has gotten more expensive since the day my dad bought a new Minneapolis Moline ZB tractor for $1,800--in 1956. Of course back then you could have purchased a 20 gauge CHE from A & F for around $300.

Yesterday
 

OK, Here is an example of what you speak of, Prices are unbelievable, Gary

And the hay is sold. Oh happy happy day!

Now if only the turnips produce, there may be a Parker in the future.

Guns may seem inexpensive for the time, but everything is relative.

Life in 1939
1939 Cost of Living
New House………………………………… $4,100
Average Income…………………………... $1,788 per year
New Car…………………….……………… $760
Average Rent……………......................... $26 a month
Tuition to Harvard University.................... $420 per year
Movie Ticket……………………................ 25¢
Gasoline………………………………….. 10¢ a gallon
United States Postage Stamp….............. 3¢ each
Granulated Sugar……………................... 59¢ for 10 lbs
Vitamin D Milk…………………………….. 50¢ a gallon
Ground Coffee……………....................... 38¢ a pound
Bacon ……………………………………. 32¢ a pound
Eggs…………………………….................. 18¢ a dozen
Fresh Ground Hamburger……………….. 12¢ a pound
Fresh Baked Bread…………..…………… 9¢ a loaf
Toothpaste………………..………………. 35¢
Life Expectancy…………………………… 59.7 years

Bruce, you can order one from sears

I have a one that is near new original coming in the mail right now. Ordered in 1883, it somehow got lost in the mail. Or maybe left on the back shelf at Sears because who would want an old lightweight hammergun.