Bill: I have actually related this story here, in my very first introductory post in, I think, the summer of 2006. I think it was my first post anyway, if my memory serves me right, which it doesn't do much lately.... The best part of the story is worth repeating. My mother was ill with cancer for 2.5 yrs before she passed on at only 37yrs old. The last person to see her was her mother and the very last thing she said before she rolled over and expired was, "make sure Richard gets the Parker".... True story. My grandmother told me that. I doubt my mother had seen that gun in at least 15 yrs. I never had a clue she wanted me to have it but I was the only avid hunter of us 4 boys so it made sense. I waited 6 yrs to finally claim it from it's place in the closet gun cabinet at my grandmothers lake house. My uncle did NOT want me to have it; I had to literally pull it from his greedy alcoholic hands. No way I was leaving without it. He would have sold it for alcohol funds at some point. I've never owned anything as precious to me as that gun. I have one niece(of 5)who loves to shoot... pistols, shotguns, rifles... anything, and she has a Rem 870 that she loves... She has shooting parties with her friends in the pasture and has completely cleaned the house out of every type of ammunition that was there, which was a lot. I plan to change her gun preference at some point. Hopefully she'll never look back and will take good care of it. I never thought I'd feel it, but I'm actually looking forward to the parting. She's had a rough go of life in some ways. I think this will be a definite turning point for her that I'm happy to facilitate. I've had it for 38yrs; it's getting close to someone elses turn.
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