What do I have? - Page 21

DeAn Durham · 05-29-2013, 01:43 AM

I had a friend who is a photographer come take some better photos

DeAn Durham · 05-29-2013, 01:46 AM

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Wayne Johnson · 05-29-2013, 10:52 AM

Well, I'm fairly new here, but I just wanted to say thanks to Dee for sharing her story and her family history with us.

That old gun has quite a story.

DeAn Durham · 05-29-2013, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayne Johnson

Well, I'm fairly new here, but I just wanted to say thanks to Dee for sharing her story and her family history with us.

That old gun has quite a story.

Thank you Wayne! But I don't deserve the thanks...you and the Parker family do! Every single one of you have allowed me to open up and share something, that at the time and still is on some days, was a hard memory to share and open up about.

I am very proud of the cloth I was cut from. I love sharing the immense pride I have for the men and women in my family that instilled the values and respect passed on to me and my girls, the extreme gratitude to my great grandfather for being a hard working American with core values and my grandfather for his service in WWII and providing me my freedoms and showing me what a true man, marriage and family should be. I am grateful and blessed to have this Parker family to share my life and stories with. If I can keep their memories and their story alive....then they are truly never really gone. THANK YOU!

P.S. your bible verse was my dads favorite verse....thank you for sharing that today, it was much needed

B. Dudley · 05-30-2013, 08:57 AM

Very interesting gun. And I would think that with some time and a little money, the gun could at least be brought back to operational condition. All the non original screws and bolts are something else. I would suspect that maybe some damage was done to the original threads in order to get hardware store bolts into the holes.
What a find though to come accross a High grade Parker with such history and use.
Though worn, I love the engraving on the gun!

DeAn Durham · 05-30-2013, 10:06 AM

I don"t know if any of you have heard the song by Blake Shelton "Grandaddy's Gun" but it"s worth a listen. When I heard it, it make me think of everyone here and smile like a little girl again. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aNM_5u-Xaw

Dean Romig · 05-30-2013, 11:22 AM

That's a great little song Dee. I really like the sentiment in those words... even the part about the shot-up sign. Probably a lot of us older guys have done a little errant shooting at one time or other. Just wish I had done mine with my Granddaddy's gun.

DeAn Durham · 05-30-2013, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

That's a great little song Dee. I really like the sentiment in those words... even the part about the shot-up sign. Probably a lot of us older guys have done a little errant shooting at one time or other. Just wish I had done mine with my Granddaddy's gun.

Hahahaha! When I heard it, I felt it was a fitting tune. Plenty of us can relate even if we didn't shoot our Granddaddy's gun. And although I've never met any of you, I get this grin picturing y'all running around being typical boys and being mischievous...

chris dawe · 05-30-2013, 12:33 PM

I got a charge from that too Dee,thanks...I still got my Grandfathers Stevens single 12 ,at no more than 5lbs kicks like a mule don't begin to describe it !

I can remember Dad shooting an old stray Tom cat who courting his stable cat ...when the smoke cleared and he recovered from a couple stutter steps all he was holding was the buttstock and forend!...shes all together now and restored ,but man did we laugh at that ,I must've been about 10 and can remember falling to my knees with the look on the old mans face .

DeAn Durham · 05-30-2013, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chris dawe

I got a charge from that too Dee,thanks...I still got my Grandfathers Stevens single 12 ,at no more than 5lbs kicks like a mule don't begin to describe it !

I can remember Dad shooting an old stray Tom cat who courting his stable cat ...when the smoke cleared and he recovered from a couple stutter steps all he was holding was the buttstock and forend!...shes all together now and restored ,but man did we laugh at that ,I must've been about 10 and can remember falling to my knees with the look on the old mans face .

I just got the biggest giggle out of that myself!!!! Hahahaha! I'm glad you shared that. I now have the scene palying in my head and keep giggling. I can't imagine the gut busting laugh coming from you at that age. I'm curious what was the look toward you when he knew you were laughing at him? Was it "boy you better get on down the road" or did he snicker at himself as well? That is too funny!