Has the market for average Parkers bottomed???

[Reggie B]

The first gentleman that I worked for after college, my mentor I guess you could say, made the statement to a successful businessman that we were doing tax work for-"never invest more money in the stock market than you are willing to lose". In other words your investments should be diverse, with only the amount you are willing to lose be invested in the market. The market is volatile, subject to sudden and unexpected change.

I think the same could be said about the money we put in double guns. Don't invest more in American doubles than you are willing to lose. The market is volatile, subject to sudden and unexpected change. Buy what you like. Like what you buy. But don't put more in than you are willing to lose.

[George "Scott" Davis]

One of our shooting "challenges" is approximately for the last ten years the number of hunting license across the US is slowly declined. We are losing the next generation of hunters/shooters as this number declines the appreciation for better quality firearms disappear so fewer potential buyers for our toys. I was told by one of the Arizona Game and Fish employees last year in the US their were more college shooting scholarships then applicates. Somehow we need to get more kids/families out to our shooting clubs and teach them about the joy of shooting, friendship, camaraderie of the side x side and the lifetime memories they will share in this group. If this happens I think the price issue will disappear, just my opinion.