"Doesn't he deserve a bit of DGJ fluff as a swan song? I think so. He made a living and created a good name for himself because of his eye for Parkers. The two guns I bought from him were very happy transactions. He's one of the good guys IMO, and for us non-expert types, a Parker trolling included a visit to Chadicks table, shop or website. "
IMO, no he doesn't deserve any fluffing. First, fluffing misleads readers and adds to the general database of misinformation that will exist for years to come. Second, all HC is/was is a gun dealer. There's nothing noble in that. I'd suspect like most dealers he's responsible for many of the guns we see with chokes, stock dimensions, buttplates, sights, and barrel lengths that no longer match factory letters.
You don't see the vintage Ferrari crowd worshiping used car dealers. You don't see Monet collectors worshiping art dealers. So why does the gun world worship gun dealers?
