2017 Duluth Double Gun Classic

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Greg - I had been reading that thread but there was nothing about what actually happened and I was disappointed.

You have given a great report... almost like I was there. Nice to read about it and I would have loved to have been there to witness the ribbon aloft for five minutes - What a hoot that must have been!

The market has (unfortunately) become flooded with Parkers. There are so many available for sale right now at prices affordable to a very wide range of buyers and I fear many of them will be for sale for a long time. It seems a bunch of the older collectors are anticipating their own mortality and rather than stick their families with the daunting task of selling off their guns and related stuff, they are offering them up for sale now, all at once.

The smart thing to do would be to put them up for sale or auction just one (or a small few) at a time, thereby NOT flooding the market.

Thanks for the Duluth report Greg.






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[Wild Skies]

There is another PGCA member in attendance whose name I embarrassingly failed to mention above, that being Mike Koranda. Many of you know Mike through several of the big shoots that he attends and as one of the four organizers that put on The Duluth Doublegun Classic. It was readily apparent that Mike and his crew worked tirelessly making sure this event ran smoothly and that everyone was felt welcome.
Thank you Mike!

[C.O.B.]

Even though this is only a one day shoot it's a lot of fun. As Greg mentioned there are several side events to keep ones trigger finger in proper working order. I especially liked the blind 5 stand course and the sporting clays course was one of the best I have shot. Also they made 95% or so of it true pairs.
The trip to Pugs Guns cut into my shooting time some but 3hrs never passed so quickly. If I was a little better off financially (well ok a LOT better off) they have Gary Coopers CHE two barrel set, I don't remember if it was a 16 or a 20 but I'm thinking 16 with 26 and 30 inch tubes. Also an AAHE 12 was on the same table.

I shot the whole event with a variety of 20's. The blind 5 stand and the sporting clays course I used the BHE 32 inch choked F/F, the all bore course (a side event) was the Boss 20 hammer gun and the pigeon ring I used a 30 inch DHE 20.

[Wild Skies]

Hey, another PGCA member in attendance just occurred to me . . . how could I have forgotten Mark Beasland? Sorry Mark and my apologies to any others I may have missed.

[C.O.B.]

Bill Grill from Marquette is a member and he was there also.