Well? What did you bring home from the Southern
 

Hello fellow members,
If you are willing to share I would love to see what you acquired at the Southern this year. Guns, memorabilia, clothing, really anything you feel is cool.

I love some good pictures too so don't be shy.

Thank you in advance
Matt

The only things I bought were two Lefever Arms catalog reproductions.
And as I was driving home on Sunday, I found out that I came in third for the "Uncle Dan Lefever Cup". So... my plaque is currently in the mail to me. :o

Sara

The best thing I got was Wilbur Parker's patent book, but I also got a lot of other cool stuff, including gun racks, shooting vest, enough RST shells to start a war, snap caps and tons of other stuff. I came back with one fewer gun, but have a replacement on the way if the seller will cooperate. I have learned to not count my chickens before they hatch

That is great Sarah!

A Patent book that is super cool!!

Great job Sarah!!! Congratulations on a fine shoot!!

It really is a treasure and has a great provenance too.

Hey Matt, hope all is well on your end of the planet, same for Dean. Tell him I said hey please. I never bought a gun at the Southern and I believe it was my best to date. I have lost count of the PGCA folks I met this year. These acquaintances and friendships going forward will be insignificant compared to a purchase. Don't get me wrong I could be happy with a long barreled small bore to ��. Take care.

An “Overload Proved” stamp from Remington.

And some other various odds and ends from vendors.

I bought a lot of Oysters at the Sea Breeze.
Articles I brought home, a Chas. Parker Co. 953 Vise, a 1-100 reprint of Partridge Shortenin'.
And best of all, a much appreciated bit of knowledge provided by Louis Parker concerning Parker collector Paul Carson from Wellsburg, WV.

A sore shoulder...

Mills, we have to see a picture and description of Wilbur's patent book.

I brought home a new hunting buddy a 7Mo old GSP. Today is the first day it hasn't rained since I got home so I'll take some pictures in the yard and post them on the dog forum.

Only thing I bought was a burrito at the taco truck and brought home some indigestion. :eek:

Rich, were there breeders at the Southern, or was this an individual deal?

Bill I actually got the dog from Chuck Brunner and picked him up on the way home. Seeing as I broke a long standing tradition of buying at least one gun at the southern I'll call Duke my southern acquisition:)

Their food is good. I always eat with them every year.

I picked up a piece for the gun room.

Bill - Here are a couple of pictures I took before donating this (one of five (?) known copies to have been made by Ron Kirby. This copy was the property of Austin Hogan (from Ron) and Austin had gifted it to me) copy of Wilbur F. Parker Sr.'s original hand drawn, hand written, hand colored notebook of cartridge and shotshell patent applications in 1869. There are over 70 patent applications in the book.

In my own opinion, it is a real prize and the bidding was so low I wonder if folks really knew the significance of it.


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Way to go Sara. Looks like that practice at Drake did some good.
It was fun shooting with you there and I'm looking forward to Hausmann's. We need you on the Lefever team against those Fox guys. Bring your A game.

Daryl,

Thank you for the help at Drake. I really appreciated it, and had a great time. I think I got a bit lucky coming in third for the Cup, but I'll certainly go with it! I will definitely be at Hausmann's, and am looking forward to the Fox-Lefever Challenge (even if I'm just watching!).

Sara

Sara is lucky that I shot my Parker on the course instead of my lefever. I would have edged her out by a couple of birds.

We'll never know......





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That is supper cool!! I'm thinking I could get into a lot of trouble at the southern buying stuff.

I meant to hit the quote instead of the thanks on Mr. Dudley's post. If the 1st and 2nd had not shot Sara would have been first, only if.

Brian,
That sounds like a challenge to Sara for the NE S/S.
Bob Jurewicz

We had a very nice, albeit short visit to the Southern on Friday. I stopped by the Parker/Smith tent, but I think it was too early to catch too many folks. I did get to meet and talk with Ed Morgan and looked at some very nice shotguns of his as well as some extraordinary lifter small gauge guns "under glass." I picked up an out of print book about Charles Gordon and some good sale "stuff" from Galazan.

The highlight of the visit was meeting and talking with Jean-Pierre Daeschler, the new managing director of John Dickson. We talked about the 200 year anniversary of the firm which will take place next year. John-Pierre was a personable and knowledgeable individual. He was quite interested in learning that I owned two Dicksons and about our hunting in the States with these fine guns. He promised to get me more information about my guns from his records, and we made a tentative arrangement to visit when we travel to Scotland next year.

The Southern is sure worth a visit, even if one is not a clays shooter.

Sara shot well. I did not shoot with her as I was trying to stick to 20g for the weekend. She was shooting 16, which is the big bore course at Deep river. I was hoping to get out on the course more. I only got out once with my 20g Repro. I at least got to shoot my 20g lefever on sunday morning at the practice stand some.

What a great time at the Southern. Thankfully, my car came back lighter than it went down. It was great to finally put faces with names. It was very nice to meet Brian, Ken, Kevin, Dean, Mills. I even ran into a buddy from home. Lots of fun shooting, guns I’d like to buy when I win the lottery, and a excellent banquet. Thanks to all who made it happen.

It was nice to meet you too Joe.

Same here Joe. Mills, you too. And Brian, Sarah, Rich, Eric, Mike, Ed, and on and on. Sadly, I can’t remember the names of each person I met, but what a great experience. I lingered mostly at Jon Hosford’s booth, as he did a good bit of work for me (still is in fact). I loved meeting his friends Mike, Gary, and Paul. A great group of guys and between the four of them, a great source of information on doubles. Plus I had the added benefit of being tucked between Chuck Brunner's booth and Kirbys booth, which had more eye candy than I have ever seen in my life. I fell in love, in particular, with a cased Hodgson 28 hammerless that Kirby had, but alas my pockets were too thin ( I actually had a dream about this gun the night after I first saw it). I stayed late on Sunday and helped Kirby pack every single gun for shipping back home. Felt like a gun roadie, but since I couldn’t take them all home, it was great handling those old guns one last time.
What did I bring back from the southern? New friends, a ton of wonderful memories, a case of RST’s, some blanks from Ed, and a very sore shoulder. All that and a really bad case of the 28 bore Hodgson blues.

Be careful those small bores are very addicting and there is no known cure.