Future of Parker Collection and Double Gun Collecting

[Mike Franzen]

I like the idea of a youth shoot at the different SxS venues. To encourage max participation how about we have their name registered in a drawing for a nice Parker? The drawing could be held at, say, the Southern. The more shoots they participate in the more entries they get. We could even say top gun gets 5 entries, 2nd place gets 4, 3rd gets 3, etc. These shoots could easily be organized all over the country. Also, have a parker Pages column dedicated to the shoots and shooters.

[Bindlestiff]

Boy, I like this. Rather than giving the "best shot" the advantage, I think any kid that shoots should get one ticket to win a prize (Parker?) and once a year the tickets gathered would be used to draw a winner at the annual meeting. That way, young shooters that shoot the most would have an advantage getting a ticket at each shoot but the one time shooter could still win. It shouldn't matter what event they shoot (5-stand, sporting clays, skeet, trap,..) as long as it's with a Parker (owned or loaned). If there are enough kids showing up to shoot to compete, that's great but if only one or two show up and shoot with us, they should qualify too. The goal should be to get kids shooting, preferably a double and better yet a Parker and not competing among themselves.

The problem I see is getting shoots "recognized" by the PGCA BOD as "official approved" events AND then getting them spaced around the USA. The Southern is a good place to start. The New Years shoot, Spring shoot in RI and the shoots in PA, NY and Mich get good PGCA turnout and would work but that leaves lots of geography missed. Maybe this could also spur some more PGCA members to form informal fun shoots in AZ, TX, CA ... etc?

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

I like the idea of a youth shoot at the different SxS venues. To encourage max participation how about we have their name registered in a drawing for a nice Parker? The drawing could be held at, say, the Southern. The more shoots they participate in the more entries they get. We could even say top gun gets 5 entries, 2nd place gets 4, 3rd gets 3, etc. These shoots could easily be organized all over the country. Also, have a parker Pages column dedicated to the shoots and shooters.