[Michael D Hankinson]

Interesting day at the local Grand Rapids MI gun show???today. My Impression is this is turning into more of a knife show, black gun parts, even had a pillow salesman there today. I did see a new Vendor at the show, had a "G" Grade Parker $1495, and a Holland & Holland side by side for $37,000, don't normally see a lot of those guns at this show. I carried two Twelve Gauge SXS guns for sale, a FOX Philadelphia Sterlingworth and an LC Smith that had been restocked with some really nice wood. Lots of lookers, no serious offers. Comments are "Nobody wants to buy a 12 today. I must confess at 74 I lean to my lighter guns today except for Turkeys and Woodchuck down near the garden.
Did sell a Remington 1100 20 gauge that I had replaced in the rotation with a Browning Sweet Sixteen. My best purchase today was a box of 3" 20 gauge ammo for $5 and two 12 gauge boxes of Woodchuck ammo for $4 each. Spent three and a half hours looking, talking and handling guns, except that Holland & Holland, and enjoyed the day.