We had a very nice, albeit short visit to the Southern on Friday. I stopped by the Parker/Smith tent, but I think it was too early to catch too many folks. I did get to meet and talk with Ed Morgan and looked at some very nice shotguns of his as well as some extraordinary lifter small gauge guns "under glass." I picked up an out of print book about Charles Gordon and some good sale "stuff" from Galazan.
The highlight of the visit was meeting and talking with Jean-Pierre Daeschler, the new managing director of John Dickson. We talked about the 200 year anniversary of the firm which will take place next year. John-Pierre was a personable and knowledgeable individual. He was quite interested in learning that I owned two Dicksons and about our hunting in the States with these fine guns. He promised to get me more information about my guns from his records, and we made a tentative arrangement to visit when we travel to Scotland next year.
The Southern is sure worth a visit, even if one is not a clays shooter.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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