Forum Ramblings

[Marc Retallack]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Not my forum. Do what you want.

Bruce, you started a good discussion. Perhaps as a newer PGCA member I'm missing something. Whether or not you agreed with the ensuing posts, it seems puerile to remove the original posting.

Cheers
Marcus

[Double Lab]

John,
Welcome to the PGCA you will be an asset to our organization. It was great meeting you and your lovely target busting, award winning daughter. I don't think of the different collector organizations as adversarial but as a group of guys and gals who love these wonderful old guns. I'm a Parker guy but have an interest in all three of the big American makers [Parker, Fox, Smith] just to name a few. Noone from any of these groups has treated me with anything but respect when I have a question about one of their guns. Once again welcome and looking forward to seeing you in the near future. I'll be contacting you soon regarding your health drink.
Daryl

[Bill Murphy]

John mentions that our original poster has bad manners. Marcus describes our original poster as "puerile", a good assessment also. I described his behavior as impolite. The person who, a while back, was suspended from participation in this forum was all three, as well as disruptive to the users of the forum. The original poster on this thread knows that his behavior and sometimes his demeanor is unacceptable, but continues to post contentious rhetoric, then bows out when the words hit the fan. He is otherwise a positive contributor to the forum. What is going on here?

[Pay Dirt]

I missed the original post but I think I've got the gist of it.

From a purely economical standpoint, wouldn't it be in every Parker owners best interest to educate anyone and everyone with even the slightest interest in these fine vintage guns? I enjoy all of the pictures I see from all of the various shooting events but I must say, you guys aren't getting any younger (except for AmarilloMike ). To me, it just makes good business sense to cultivate a future market for vintage guns or indeed, our wives will be selling our guns for what we've told them we've paid for them for lack of any knowledgeable or interested buyers in the future.

As always,
Bobby

[Dean Romig]

Mr. John Liles, I did not meet you at the Southern because I couldn't make it this year but I must say you have indeed made another new friend here simply because I like the way you make a point... or several, in fact. Wish I could have met you and your daughter and shot with you. Maybe next time. I hope so.

[Dean Romig]

There have been a lot of good encouraging opinions expressed on this thread and even though I might have come across as the dissenter I have nothing but the best interests of the PGCA and all of the forum users, be they PGCA Members, Forum Members or "lurkers", at heart when I made my earlier posts and I stand by what said. It is very good to know what other people think about our organization and our forum so Thank You all for your positive words.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Bobby,

It seems that is what the older Parker guys figured out!

Toward the original discussion, this forum will always have lurkers. Often though, over time some lurkers become interested in buying a Parker Gun because the PGCA allows them to hang out here. Eventually some lurkers will join PGCA where if they had not been allowed to lurk, most probably they would have not joined.

My personal example is that a few years ago I lived in Northern Virginia and often saw the PGCA display at the Nations Gun Show in Chantilly (Dulles) Virginia. I remember talking to Bill and others at their table but that wasn't enough to interest me in Parkers. I became interested in Parkers in large part due to this forum and the information which was readily shared.

Because of the action types, frame sizes, and other factors Parker Guns can seem overwhelming to a new guy. What I most like about this forum is that it is open to new people and that the members make great efforts to educate them. Sometimes as members we may not always agree but that's because we all have opinions base on our experiences and perceptions.

While I encourage active forum members to become PGCA members, especially those very active forum members, I would not want to exclude them from participating in this open exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Mark

[Paul Harm]

I bought my first Parker, then found this forum. For about a year I was a forum member, gaining a lot of info. I started feeling guilty of being informed but not being a member of the PGCA so I joined. Not everyone will, but I think with an open forum it encourages people to join. Oh, a lot of you guys are hurting my feelings when you don't include Remington along with the other fine doubles. I rate the 1894 right up there with any of them. Paul

[AmarilloMike]

If we can dispute and argue data, facts, ideas, and ideals instead of trying to assign names to behavior and impute motives to those we disagree with this will be a very pleasant BBS.

Best,

Mike

[Smoothebore]

As usual, I missed something on this thread, early on.

Dave