When I was high school age, my neighbor, a Doc who impressed me in all ways, had a couple of Parkers and informed me that Parkers were the best. I thought my Dad's model 11 was the best gun around (I had a Topper 20 at the time, which I still have). About 50 years ago, I found an 1884 12ga 0 grade lifter for $20, which I still have. My brother and I used it quite a bit, loading our own BP shells (twist was unsafe at any speed then). About 12 years ago I came across EDM's "Old Reliable"; he mentioned the PGCA and I joined. It's been down hill ever since. I acquired TPS a year later. So, for books, I would say that Ed's was most important for me and TPS is the most comprehensively infomative. However, the PGCA members I have met and examined their guns and talked with; and, read their comments and seen their photos on this site, probably, are more signifiant to me than the books.
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