|
12-20-2023, 02:14 PM | #3 | ||||||
|
Allen, Is the one person that got me collecting hammer guns, once in every ones lifetime you meet a man like Allen, I still have a jar of his Maple Syrup We had a long talk about four weeks ago, about his condition and how he intended to go forward, You can rest easy now my friend, Prayers to his wife and family Gary
|
||||||
The Following 10 Users Say Thank You to Gary Carmichael Sr For Your Post: |
12-20-2023, 02:25 PM | #4 | ||||||
|
I remember him from back when we put on a couple of live bird fun shoots out of Las Vegas.
He had a great sense of humor, and had some really fun stories. Does anyone remember the one about the bird hunt in Africa? Fun stuff! BTW, Oscar Gaddy attended those shoots as well. The memories. |
||||||
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to todd allen For Your Post: |
Allan...services |
12-20-2023, 03:12 PM | #5 | ||||||
|
Allan...services
An update from Jean. Allan will be cremated. She is away over Holidays recharging batteries. Suggest hold flowers as she is thinking of a memorial come spring. Will advise when her plans firm up.
|
||||||
The Following 24 Users Say Thank You to Art Wheaton For Your Post: | Buddy Marson, Chuck Bishop, CraigThompson, Dan Steingraber, Daryl Corona, David Noble, Dean Romig, Garry L Gordon, Gary Carmichael Sr, GunnerGrilli, J. Scott Hanes, JAMES HALL, Jeff Kuss, jerry serie, John Dunkle, Josh Loewensteiner, keavin nelson, Mike Koneski, Mike McKinney, Mills Morrison, Randy G Roberts, scott kittredge, todd allen, William Woods |
12-20-2023, 04:57 PM | #6 | ||||||
|
Eleven years ago, and not long after I had joined the PGCA, I learned that Allan had made wooden gun shipping boxes for some members. I contacted him attempting to engage him to build one for me. He said that he did not do it commercially, his output was limited, and seemed to be implying that the recipients were confined to established collector colleagues.
Not long afterward, I got this Private Message: “Russ: Make sure you look me up at the Foundation dinner on the 24th of this month, I have a gift for you. Allan” Soon, I had the box, gratis; and Kathy G. and I had the pleasure of meeting Allan and his wife, Jean, a memorably gracious and congenial couple.
__________________
"First off I scoured the Internet and this seems to be the place to be!” — Chad Whittenburg, 5-12-19 |
||||||
The Following 10 Users Say Thank You to Russell E. Cleary For Your Post: |
12-20-2023, 05:36 PM | #7 | ||||||
|
So very sorry to hear this. Such a great asset to the PGCA. Condolences to the family. RIP
__________________
"Much care is bestowed to make it what the Sportsman needs-a good gun"-Charles Parker |
||||||
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to Dave Suponski For Your Post: |
12-20-2023, 07:02 PM | #8 | ||||||
|
I got a call one day and it happened to be on a Sunday during the Baltimore show and it was Allan. He asked me what I thought a particular CH with Bernard barrels was worth and he continued to describe the gun to the letter. I told him that I thought such a gun was worth around $8,000 or so. He said he had told the seller to take the gun off the table as he thouhjt he had a buyer for a lot more than the $3,000m he was asking...
The seller was NRA's Jim Baker and I bought the gun for the $8,000 I had said I thought it was worth. Allan told me he thought I made a good buy and he was right. When I sold it years later I didn't lose a penny!!! Allan was a friend of Jim's and a friend of mine and he didn't want to see either of us get hurt by making a bad deal. Thanks Allan!! .
__________________
"I'm a Setter man. Not because I think they're better than the other breeds, but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture." George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic. |
||||||
The Following 20 Users Say Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post: | Bob Kimble, Bruce P Bruner, CraigThompson, Daryl Corona, Garry L Gordon, Harry Collins, J. Scott Hanes, John Davis, Josh Loewensteiner, keavin nelson, Larry Stauch, Marty Kohler, Mike Koneski, Mike McKinney, Mills Morrison, Randy G Roberts, Russell E. Cleary, scott kittredge, todd allen, William Woods |
12-20-2023, 07:53 PM | #9 | |||||||
|
Quote:
__________________
Parker’s , 6.5mm’s , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s and my family in the Philippines ! |
|||||||
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to CraigThompson For Your Post: |
12-21-2023, 06:09 PM | #10 | |||||||
|
Quote:
__________________
“Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about.” ― Jim Harrison "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
|||||||
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to Garry L Gordon For Your Post: |
|
|