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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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Hi Gary, I carried a GH 16 gauge I picked up a couple years ago at a local gun show and a Win.21,16 gauge I found locally too.Both guns are 28" and choked a bit tight for Grouse hunting but a delight to carry.Ironically my grandparents last name was Hanson,and I live on the farm that my great grandparents settled on.Evidently not as popular as the Wisconsin or Minnesota Hansons as there are no roads around here named after them.There is however a slough on the property once called Hanson Slough.It has since been drained but stays wet most of the year so not farmed.I have my Great Grandfather's Win.Model 97,16 gauge that am told took a lot of geese from the slough back in the day.It is a early short chambered gun with full choke.It was well worn so I had it rebuilt and reblued and I refinished the wood. I take it out after a rooster now and then.
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Hey, Jeff, that sounds like an interesting "arsenal." I love the stories of family guns, as well as those of land passed down within a family. What treasures! None in my family, but I still like to learn about them.
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