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03-25-2021, 11:57 AM | #13 | ||||||
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I agree with Todd. Johnson (which you have read), Baer, Muderlak and TPS. But definitely get the Parker Identification and Serialization book too. You will use that one A LOT.
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03-25-2021, 12:01 PM | #14 | ||||||
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Andy, when on my downtime from December through February, I read all of those books, including TPS. There were some chapters I skipped in TPS just because I really wasn't interested in reading about certain aspects of the family or items not shotgun related. That's OK, if I need to look something up I know where to find it. You'll figure out what you want to do as you plow through the many pages.
I REALLY enjoyed Ed Muderlak's books. I mean REALLY!! They are all good in their own way, but it was nice seeing some of the things he wrote about. |
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03-25-2021, 04:32 PM | #15 | ||||||
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Ed Muderlak's books, Parker Guns, Shooting Flying and the American Experience, and Parker Guns, The Old Reliable are not to be missed. However, they may have reached collector status and be out of reach for casual readers. Ed may not have been one of my favorite people, but he was a great writer and historian. He is one of the people who made this website what it is today. Comments?
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03-25-2021, 05:34 PM | #16 | ||||||
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"Comments?"
I agree.
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03-25-2021, 05:38 PM | #17 | ||||||
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“Comments?”
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03-25-2021, 10:05 PM | #18 | ||||||
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I recommend Peter Johnson’s book because there I read prose written with passion that in my opinion is infectious. It lit the fire within for me and from that point on I felt a passion for these guns that I have for no other. I respect the other makers and the people who collect and shoot them but I have no passion for owning any of them. Only my Winchesters model 12 and 42 plus an old Stevens 20 gauge give any feeling and that’s more due to sentiment. However, I think I could feel something for a Wesley Richards if I found the right one.
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03-26-2021, 06:46 PM | #19 | ||||||
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1) Oh, My!!
2) WESTLEY Richards 3) Hold out for a droplock 28 gauge |
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03-27-2021, 10:12 AM | #20 | ||||||
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The books mentioned are different from each other, and as a whole, make up a pretty darned good Parker library. The amount of information in TPS is unexcelled, but the other books provide lots to learn from and think about.
Don't forget to add in past issues of the Parker Pages -- a good source of information on many things not mentioned in any of the other books. The search function on the forum is also a great resource. I especially like (but don't always agree with) Ed M.'s views. Lots of fodder for discussion in all of them.
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