2012 ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Meeting and Banquet:  

October 26, 27 & 28 in Georgetown, SC. in conjunction with the Southern Side by Side Fall Classic.

Lodging: 

The PGCA will be staying at the Quality Inn in Georgetown:

210 Church St, Georgetown, SC, 29440-2404
843-546-5656

or use their web page at Quality Inn & Suites but you may not get the discounted PGCA room rate.

The room rate is $61.99 for PGCA members per night. The PGCA has rooms reserved. Callers to the hotel will need to mentioned "Parker Gun Collectors Association" to obtain our special rate..

Banquet: 

The PGCA Banquet will be held on the evening of Friday, October 26th. located at the Quality Inn, 210 Church St., Georgetown ,SC. 29440. Tickets for the banquet will be $65 per person, until 08/31/2012, including the buffet meal, silent auction and the guest speaker is John L. Frierson, author of "Memories of A Carolina Bird Hunter."   After 09/012012 the tickets are $80 per person with ticket sales ending on 10/15/2012.

Please send payment to Dave Suponski, 266 Clover St. Stratford,CT 06614 and make checks payable to the Parker Gun Collectors Assoc.

The Banquet Theme:

The theme for this year’s Parker showing during the banquet will be A Grade guns. We are seeking both hammer and hammerless examples for the display.

The People's Choice Award will once again be back at the banquet and members will have the opportunity to display their A Grade guns. We are looking forward to a wonderful display!

Contact David Dwyer to reserve your spots in the "People's Choice" display at the banquet.

The PGCA Silent Auction: 

The Silent Auction has been extremely successful in generating much needed revenue for the PGCA and has included some wonderful donations of auction items from both PGCA Members as well as from businesses that specialize in sporting related products.

Please look around at your accumulations of shooting and sporting equipment for anything you thought you needed but find you can do without and let Dean Romig or Larry Frey know what you would like to donate.

PGCA Headquarters: 

The PGCA headquarters will be at the gun show itself and the organization will have four tables manned by BOD and other members for the sale of raffle tickets, memberships, etc.

RV Parking Available:

There are 24 new RV parking sites with hookups at Backwoods.  They are $40/night with 50 amp power and water.  Contact Becky at Backwoods 843-546-1466 for information and reservations.

The Prize: The 2012 Raffle gun is a 10 ga. hammer gun Ser.# 50963 on a  3 frame with 30" twist barrels, LOP OF 14".

Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!  Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!  Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!  Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!  Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!  Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!  Raffle Tickets on sale NOW!!!

Raffle Ticket donation is $ 5.00 each or $ 25.00 for a book of six (6) tickets.  Buy a book and get one ticket free.

Make checks payable to PGCA Raffle and send to:

Edward J. Morgan    

10781 E. Golf View Dr.   

Galena, Il. 61036

The Raffle Gun winner is solely responsible for meeting any and all obligations as required in their county, state and/or country by local, state and/or federal laws to their right to own, possess and or take possession of this firearm.

Also included is a PGCA letter showing the configuration as it was when it left the factory.

   (click to enlarge letter)

Click on a picture to enlarge the image.

2012 Challenge Cup Events:

It’s hard to believe, but this year marks the 9^th Annual L.C. Smith vs. Parker Bros. Challenge Cup! The score stands at PGCA five and LCSCA three. This will also be the 6^th Annual Hammer Gun Challenge.  LCSCA has won all six Hammer Gun Challenges.

 Qualifying for the Challenge Cup (Event One) begins on Friday around noon, and continues Saturday until everyone that wants to participate has had a chance.  Entry fee is $10.00, plus current membership in the PGCA. Target fees apply in addition to that; last year they were $15.00 for each 30 target round.  For 2012, Event One will be expanded so that each participant will shoot 60 targets, two (2) rounds of thirty (30) targets each, to be shot back-to-back on two separate 5-stand layouts.  Also new this year, LCSCA and PGCA members will shoot on the same squads, with the organization represented by each participant noted on the registration form.  We are making this change in order to accommodate additional shooting time; and to avoid situations where, in the past, we have sometimes had only one or two shooters in a squad.

 The Challenge Cup Teams for Event Two will be the top 10 shooters from each collectors association. This event is another 30 target event on a re-configured 5-Stand, with the Challenge Cup winner determined by the total score out of the possible 300 targets for each team.

 Sunday morning is set aside for the Hammer Gun Challenge. Entry and target fees are the same as Event One of Challenge Cup. The simplified format calls for the total of the 10 best scores from each association to be used to determine the winner of the Hammer Gun Challenge Cup. The PGCA needs more hammer gun shooters in this event.

 There are individual awards for the Top Gun, Runner-Up, 3^rd Place , and 4^th Place in the Challenge Cup, as well as High Lady and High Junior. These are awarded based on individual score, regardless of which make gun is used. Top Gun and Runner-Up awards are also given in the Hammer Gun Challenge Cup.

 The PGCA continues to award our shooter with the highest score in the Challenge Cup shooting a composite steel barrel gun the Oscar Gaddy Award.

 Plan now to participate in one or both events, we need to improve on our showing in 2012 and let’s get out the hammerguns and try to win one.

Click: Read the Rules for the event

Results:

 

Hammer Gun Challenge

Congratulations to the Smith team for their continued domination of the hammer gun event.

As 10:20 am squad finished it looked as though Parker might have the advantage, but as the morning progressed Team LC Smith's big guns took the field and the lead Parker was holding vanished. Four of Smith's top five shots went out in the later squads and boosted their score. Parker shooters turned in some very fine scores and took all the silver. See photo below, Dave is on the left and John on the right displaying their guns and trophies.

Team Parker fielded 13 shooters to Team LC Smith's 27.

High Gun went to Parker Shooter Dave Fjelline
Runner-up went to Parker Shooter John Truitt

 

2012 Great Northeast Side x Side Classic

The PGCA will have four display tables at the Hausmann's Hidden Hollow Sporting Clays Northeast Side by Side Classic.  For directions and details of the event, see the event web page at Hidden Hollow. 

The PGCA display tables will be located in the dealer tent area and an assortment of Parker guns will be on display, raffle tickets will be sold and PGCA membership enrollment take.  The table is for display only and sale of guns will not be permitted.

Any PGCA member wishing to display their Parker on the PGCA display table needs to contact Dave Suponski to make arrangements for display space.

This is the first year that the PGCA will have an official presence and is in need of help with the following:

• Gun display racks.

• Member(s) to man the table while others shoot.