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I only made one day of the event and it was very enjoyable. I had the pleasure of meeting a handful of fellow PGCA members and seeing a few that I had previously met. Would have liked to have had more time to meet others there but for some reason most were busy shooting Parkers!

Enjoyed spending some time at my friend Chuck Brunner's booth and talking small bore Parkers and browsing the various offerings on display. I also enjoyed hanging out at the 5 stand watching some good shooters.

Great time! Look forward to reading other reports from the event.

Great to see you Reggie

Great to see you Reggie. Wish we could have spent more time together.

Mills great to meet you, and yes Mike I needed another day of time!!

I was able to finally make an appearance Saturday for about 4 hours !

Got to meet Mills in the flesh after bugging him with PM's here !
Also met Mr.Morgan , met Mike McKinny who has me wanting a couple more guns (imagine that).

And I suppose you could say we had a Boykin reunion of sorts as Craig Jacobs , Jimmy Hall and myself all have Boykins from the same parents .

First time I ever actually had my hands ON a Parker 8 gauge was yesterday . Two members were kind enough to let me fondle their cannons !

I'll never own it but I finally saw the Cliff Green set in the flesh so to speak . And a dealer from Florida had five very nice VH/VHE 410's ! He also had I think it was a VHE 10 gauge 3 1/2" .

Great to meet you too Craig and see your EH Parkers

Sorry our paths didn't cross Reggie and Craig. Hopefully next time.

Hopefully so Chuck.

Most likely we did cross paths and just didn’t know it 😉

Some may not like the idea but how about name tags next year, as and like the competitors use?

It is a good idea. We actually did the sticker name tags but it didn't work. We will try again as it would be very helpful

I'll tell you the same thing I tell the people at PSC where I've been a member for 35 years . If you don't know me and you wanna know who I am just ask and if I think you need to know I'll tell you .

And don't take that personally because it's not meant that way . But I do not wear name tags , even at companies I've worked for I ALWAYS found a way to get out of it .

Craig, Great meeting you! As much as we talked I had not put you with your forum name. Now I’ll know and I really enjoyed our conversation. Mike

Yes sir it was nice meeting you as well !

I have a sneaking suspicion the conversation is far from over but rather on hold :whistle:

My first visit, albeit a short one, to the Southern. I was really impressed with the guns I saw and the several folks I got to speak with. I got there early on Friday and when I visited the Parker/Smith tent folks were still setting up. What I did get to see was impressive. I missed meeting anyone, but still enjoyed browsing.

I can sure see that there's a lot of behind the scenes work done for this event. I don't know who is responsible, but I offer my humble "thank you" to any- and everyone who helped with the organization and set-up. I hope you know that your work is appreciated.

I don't know very many people except old-timers like myself so I think name tags that we can wear to the various PGCA events we attend are a great idea.

Back when I joined the PGCA we got a nice metal name tag --

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Nice Dave
who did those for us?

I’ve got one of those

JD
who made them?

I’m not sure. Got mine from Ron Kirby when I became a life member.

Me too John.

It's hard to believe it's over already. I met Mike Moffa, Mike Franzene and Randy Roberts.

We had a great time shooting, the weather was wonderful and some new toys added. All in all perfect.

Well that may be fine for a club that you have been a member of for thirty-five years and show up several times a week; but for an event that one attends once a year and may miss a year or others may miss, where several hundred people new to you are, it is impractical to approach everyone in that manner.

On our Parker team I had to ask others who half the great winning shooters were as they were shooting. Often the answer was "I don't know." I shook their hands but did not know many names.

On not wearing a badge where you work, great. You've obviously never worked where identification badges are a requirement and refusal to wear results in discipline.

Oh and by the way, I live within fifteen miles of your PSC and I never joined due to that same attitude of several members I met. Don't take it personally.

E.O.M. and conversation. Just my opinions. I'd gladly wear a Parker badge at any event.

I provided an individual name badge which was a 2 1/2 x 3" version of the Parker Gun Post Card/Mailing Label years ago for anyone who wanted one with their name on it for use during events. It became quite popular to the point where it was bootlegged, which I viewed as a good thing, until interest waned and the nonesuch effectively killed it by benign neglect. I have always found a nametag to be a distinct advantage at large events, as in, "Who was that guy with 32" DHE 20 ga. for sale - never got his name...??) Et tu, Jent??

Kevin a man I know by sight (and even sound), can you post a picture of said badge?
I might want to get this moving along.

Let me find an old one, George - all I did was copy the label then print them out by the sheet on Avery name tag forms. Once I got the template spacing right, all I had to do was type in the name(s).

Enjoyed talking with you Rich. I met a bunch of new people this year and it was great. Keeps getting better.

It was great to visit with you Randy and thanks for shooting with us

I'm not going to go back and identify the "no name tag" posters, but they are all wet. Maybe it has something to do with "Virginia Paranoia". Or maybe it's just Virginia posters from Orange, VA. Nothing personal, Pennsylvanians are a bit weird too. I don't understand the one poster's fear.

I wore my Northbrook Sportsman Club name tag on my ball cap on Saturday. For those who didn't see it, I was the guy taking pictures. It was nice meeting some of you finally. And I also got the last bottle of maple syrup.

Same here Mills. Enjoyed speaking with you and your son. Looks like he is destined to be a Parker man. With two addicts in the same household the old check book is in for the proverbial enema if you will. Good luck !!

And his son was so well behaved!

There is a PGCA member who will make you a name tag with a vintage logo on it for $25. There is no profit in it for him so I won't publicly name him but if you PM me I'll pass it along.

Yes sir he was. Prolly gets it from his Mother.. :rotf:

Name badges are a great idea and ireally a No Brainer. When people are able to connect on a personal level they develop a stronger sense of community. I think we should have an official PGCA name badge that, like everything else we strive to do, is first class. We should try to have them available by the Annual Meeting in September. BTW ... tickets are limited and going fast. We sold a bunch at the Southern. Contact Dave Suponski now to get yours.

Thanks for the kind words and for making Harry feel so welcome the whole weekend. He says he wants to come back next year, so that is good.

It's terrific to see all of you had a good time. I would have liked to attend but I discovered this group only a short time ago. I've announced my intentions to attend next years event. In my home I need to announce my intentions months before hand otherwise they are forgotten by the Mrs. Unless of course I intend to take her shopping. See you next year.

We've met whether you're aware or not . Whether you apply for membership is your buisness now whether you're accepted or not is another matter . And for future refrence PSC is not mine alone but I am a stock holder .

I think that's a good idea. The LC Smith folks had name tags and I met 2 fellas that I have talked to many times on the phone but never met in person because they were wearing their name badges. Also as I read through the names of folks responding here that were at the Southern I now realize there were many that I probably walked right by with no clue who they were, to bad.