Rise & Fall of American SxS's

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

If you want a used Porsche you go to an individual or a Porsche dealer not the local Ford,Chevy dealership that might have one on the lot. If you want a collectible firearm go to a dealer that specializes in them or an individual not a big box retail store.

Rich, absolutely right. But sometimes we find stuff at those places in spite of ourselves !

[Mills]

True words, Rich.

[Garth Gustafson]

Gander Mountain filed for bankruptcy last year and was purchased by Camping World, an RV retailer. They plan to rebrand as Gander Outdoor and reopen some stores. The stores will be smaller and more focused on hunting & fishing gear.

[Bob Brown]

Remember when someone would come on this site saying he was worried he paid too much for a Parker and he would be told " you didn't pay too much for the Parker, you just bought it too soon"? Seems like it was just last year. Wait a minute, it was last year!
I'm not going to worry too much about it. In today's society we're a movie like "A River Runs Through It" away from a boom like there was for fly fishing. Might not happen until after I'm gone, but someday. Until then I'll enjoy what I have and treat it as a buying opportunity if the right one comes along.

[gman]

My memorable experience on a third shot:
A number of years ago I was hunting with my Nickel steel Mod. 12. I was stepping over a big rotten log and was a bit off balance when I jumped a rabbit, shot and missed. No big deal as he just went a little ways and I'm already thinking rabbit Étouffée. Then for gosh sakes I made a very poor shot and missed the second time. Embarrassed and a bit ticked off I shucked the third shell a little too hard, still off balance, and the gun slam fired. The next thing I know I'm knocked off balance and sitting on my butt in the mud.
I think of this whenever contemplating that third shot. The SxS now protects me from myself.

[C.O.B.]

Maybe it's evolution out with the old in with the new sort of thing. I don't buy into the single sighting plane mumbo jumbo. Back in the day when the shooting sports both live birds and clay targets were both not only competitive but spectator events the SXS was the gun used and used well by top shooters across the country. Arthur DuBray made his living selling Parkers to shooters who were not only being endorsed by gun company but by ammo companies as well.

I doubt you will see a Beretta on a Grouse Moore across the pond.

In 1948 my Grandfather won the class C championship at the Detroit Gun Club by breaking 200 straight from 16 yards. I have the trophy he won. According to my Mom his favorite trap gun was a Parker.