Provenance

[Dean Romig]

Alas. . . I don't think so Francis. Foster was a great writer, skeet shooter, hunter of winged game (not limited to the "king of gamebirds" but quail, ducks, geese, pheasants and several others) accomplished artist, editor, publisher, co-designer of a sneakboat.... and so on - but he never owned or shot a Parker, that we know of, that he immortalized (other than "The Little Gun") to compare with "Bo-Whoop".

Don't get me wrong - Uncle Ev's "Little Gun" I am quite certain would probably hammer at Julia's at as much as 10X it's pedestrian value... if ever it came to auction (which I sincerely doubt it will).

[Bill Murphy]

How did this great thread get killed off? It's usually Francis Morin that kills a Parker thread, but he was well behaved this time. Who knows what happened to Francis? I kind of miss him.

[John Knobelsdorf II]

https://www.hurstfh.com/obituaries/F...?obId=28891787

When one’s own family says their loved one had “a unique sense of humor” - it’s always the polite thing to say.

[Bill Murphy]

Thank you so much for that obituary. Francis was right up there with Ed Muderlak as a professional curmudgeon on the gun websites, especially ours. I invited him to visit me many times, but he never took me up on it, even though he had relatives just a few miles from me. We sparred for years, but reached a bit of a truce in the final years. He hated the PGCA, but he wasn't alone in that feeling. Rest in peace, Francis.