Spring Southern SXS 4/26-4/28

[BRDHNTR]

Dean, perhaps it would not be likely to find an AH 410 ga. gun for display. You could say the PGCA wants to display a selection of all gagues in grade CH and DH or whatever Parker grades the Committee would likely to be able to find a representative sample gague gun in those grades you wish to display. It would be wonderful to see a sample of all ga.'s in a particular grade (s). Has this been done before? Just a suggestion.

[Dean Romig]

I know we have members who's collections are made up of just such Grade representations.


Maybe Parker No. 241576 will come out of hiding for this event... and, being a skeet gun it might even have twin ivories

[Opening Day]

So what is the display....? I think 28 ga's would be nice or if you want skeet guns or do C's or whatever, but twin bead guns....no

[Bill Murphy]

Dean brought up a good point. Where is .410 AHE Skeet #241,576? I haven't seen it since it sold. Dean and I are lucky to share some pictures. Gary Carmichael for several years displayed his vertical collection of P Grades. It is the only one of this type I had seen. I hope this collection is still in one piece today, but I doubt it. If it is, I would be glad to add my marked P Grade lifter to the display. I doubt that even our hero, Gary, had one of those.

[Double Lab]

I'd also be happy to add my P 20- the last one to leave Meriden.

[Smoothebore]

I think a good display would be the "un-ducumented Parkers", the missing link so to speak.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

An excellent idea from Elliot Island!

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Im sorry i missed that completely when you said undocumented parkers.
I was thinking of the current problem with vehicles in Hartford that couldn't be moved because of the Presidents moratorium.

[Bill Murphy]

Undocumented? Do you mean A-1 Specials that are "not in the book"? Or 23 1/2" barrel Parkers that are "not in the book"? Maybe we can get Chuck to write letters on these guns, just for the Annual Meeting. My gun show buddy once "wrote" a letter of provenance on the Sagamore Hill letterhead documenting an H&R single barrel to Teddy Roosevelt. It was a popular conversation piece at shows for a while.

[JLoew]

Spring Southern SXS theme is 28ga guns! Bring 'em out for show and tell!