I've still got the Parker, which is 119 years old now, but I'm not 82 yet,
which was the age of my grandfather when I took the picture. And the Parkers
were so well made that I don't hesitate to shoot it even now. They quit making
them during WWI because they couldn't get the high-quality steel they needed.
No better double-barrel was ever made. It's a marvel to hear it almost silently
click together after being broken down and loaded, even after all these years.
It's a perfect piece.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>
>
> It's him coming back home from wandering about the farm, toting his
> 16-gauge Parker double and the pheasant he had bagged.
>
> Walt,
>
> Are you sure that's not one of you from last summer?
>
> Bill Pearce
>
>
>
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