REMEBERING KERRS

[Pay Dirt]

Czars 2 barrel soft case. Yeah, he shopped there too.

[Jim Thynne]

Originally Posted by todd allen

I used to shoot with Don occasionally. Bought a nice BHE from him. I haven't heard anything about Don for some time. Any updates?

I recently found out that Don passed away. Soon after Donna passed away also. Bill Skinner "his shooting partner for years" said the boys had kept it secret for some reason or another, and he said it had been over a year. I d miss Don he was Mr. 21.

[Reggie B]

Enjoyed the read! The lore, nostalgia and great tradition of Bobwhite quail, bird dogs, horses and shotguns put into words!

[Carl G. Bachhuber]

I wandered around Kerr's a time or two when I was a kid. If you liked nice firearms it was the ultimate candy store, and the people behind the counter were nice also. I saw the photo of Alex and Ken Barnes. Ken is a very interesting guy. I have talked to him a bit about the good old days of duck hunting in California. He is quite the skeet shooter and he still writes occasional articles for the Bakersfield Californian. Boy, have times ever changed.
C.G.B.

[C.O.B.]

Bring those pointers to the U.P. and lets see if we can make a grouse dog or two out of them

[chuck brunner]

Traci says hey Daryl ..... Rich ... its hell staying on a horse in the alder thickets

[chuck brunner]

I miss the time with my Grandfather. We had some fine big running pointers. His best dog duke was a male from Johns S Gates 1940 National Champion
"Lesters Enjoys Wahoo"
A very small world in that I am friends today with John Rex Gates thru my father-in-law OG Greene

Here is a picture of my Pap ( On left with hat )

[chuck brunner]

My Stud Rip is a son of Caladens Storm Trooper handled by Mike Tracy and Luke Eisenhart out of the great Guardrail owned by Gene Casale who went into the HOF under the handle of the HOF George Tracy
Here is a portrait of Guardrail hanging at Ames ...... Lots of stories from George from this dog

[Mike Franzen]

Thanks for a great read Chuck. It makes me wonder though where did all go off the rails. Some of the things most celebrated back then are so disparaged today.

[Kevin McCormack]

OK, I was going to hold out on my favorite Kerr's story, but since I see this thread has "gone to the dogs", here goes.

Years ago while 'chasing Hedderly', I spoke to Jerry Knight at his home in Minden, NV about famous Parkers that had come through Kerr's, and he told me this story: Kerr's ordered and received a beautiful Remington Parker DHE .410, which Jerry immediately fell in love with and determined to buy it. He used a strategy of pointing out how to people who looked at the gun as to how hard it was to hit anything with a .410, that it really was pretty useless as a hunting gauge, and how ammo was pretty relegated to skeet loads for the gauge, although this particular gun was not a skeet gun.

His negative reinforcements worked, and the gun languished in the shop for several months. During this time, Jerry put away money every week against the purchase price of the gun, which would have included his substantial employee discount as manager of the gun department.

One day Robert Stack, who had been off making movies, strolled in and noticed the little .410 sitting in the rack and asked to look at it. As Jerry put it, "He hefted it, waved it around, and mounted and swung it for a few minutes. At that point I knew I was toast." Stack told him, "Well that's a delightful handling little gun; reminds me of my 28 gauge. I'll take it!"