Brad Batchelder

[Dean Hanson]

I met Brad just a few years back. Not a finer gentleman have I shook hands with. He gave my brother and I a tour of the facility and answered every greenhorn question we had. He let me hold some of the higher end Parkers, as he knew I will probably never own one. He helped me get on my path to Parkers. I'm just heart broken to hear this news. The Bachelder family has my heart today...

[Bill Murphy]

I met Brad at the NRA Museum several years ago when he agreed to take on my projects. I'm sorry that we never got going on them since I had other irons in the fire at the time and they were far from finished. I am looking forward to meeting Parker when he gets grounded. So sorry. Bill Murphy

[Bill Mullins]

So sorry to hear of Brad's passing. On a number of occasions at annual meetings and at the Southern Side by Side he always took time to say hello and visit for a
few minutes. He was a real friend to the PGCA and more than once donated time and services on PGCA Raffle guns to make them more appealing.
My prayers and thoughts are with Parker, Lori and the entire Bachelder family.
Brad, your legacy will live on in every Parker you have touched for generations to come.

[Opening Day]

I got the news this morning as I drove up to Traverse City with a friend and he asked should we stop by Grand Rapids on our way down and see Brad and Lori and I said no I don't think so as I had just talked to Brad a few days ago. As I was saying that I was checking my email and saw an email from a friend that told me Brad had passed..... I was stunned. Not sure what to say except we all lost a friend and not just because he restored our Parkers but because he would do anything that he could for you and you could see and feel the love he had for doing his craft and preserving history.
My prayers to Lori and Parker and the rest of the family.

[Wild Skies]

The first time I met Brad was at an early Yooper shoot at Sagola. I was parked next to his big rig and I had inadvertently turned on my dome light, unknown to me it was on all day and drained the battery down to the point that it wouldn't start my Explorer. Fortunately for me, Brad had a set of jumper cables and cheerfully gave me a jump. It was then, that I learned of his easy going good nature. He was a gentleman, in the truest sense of the term.

This now is very sad news to learn of his passing. My sincere condolences to his family.