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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
John D.
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07-07-2016, 09:30 AM
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To each his own, indeed.
The more scarce an original unfired Parker becomes, the more valuable they become.
...to collectors... we are a collectors organization, aren't we?
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We are a collectors organization but I'll bet you there are far more members who shoot their Parkers, Winchesters, Fox's etc. than those who just store them away for posterity. I have had NIB guns and kept them for a while and never used them. The time came when I just didn't see the point anymore and sold them to a "collector". I like and enjoy a nice gun as much as anyone but it has to be something I'm not afraid to use.
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07-07-2016, 09:54 AM
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Rich -
This is a discussion we hash and rehash at the club.
It is certainly a personal decision. I for one, have passed through the phase of wanting to collect "pristine guns" just to have them. I believe I have swung all way to the other side as I now look at 90+% guns "as too nice to own" - Aka... what would I do with it if I bought it? Cant hunt with it....lose big money if I scratch it......not a good fit for me.
Others in our group have opposite outlook - 90%+ no problem.....lets take it out and hunt it. Only live once!
I am a bit jealous of those guys..... 
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