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Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns
Rock Springs Ranch & Lodge, |
JUDGES
Judges at the Third Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns will be:
Chief Judge
Roger Lake — Fine-gun specialist at Butterfields, the San Francisco-based auction house; gun writer and widely traveled shooter. Livermore, California.
Chris Batha — E.J. Churchill Gunmakers; competition and game shooter, shooting instructor, former partner at Atkin, Grant & Lang and a veteran of the British gun trade. St. Albans, England. (Batha will also teach the Gold Medal/Churchill’s Wingshooting School at Rock Springs on the day after the Concours.)
Richard Gallyon — Proprietor of Gallyon & Sons Ltd., Fine Gun & Rifle Specialists since 1784; sponsor of the Gallyon & Sons Award for Best English Hammer Gun. Norwich, England.
John Milius — Fine-gun connoisseur, writer and director whose films are renowned not only for action and adventure but also for total accuracy with regard to weaponry. Los Angeles.
David Moore — Sales manager of William Larkin Moore, dealers & importers of fine guns, primarily from Italy and Spain. Scottsdale, Arizona.
Ray Poudrier — Co-founder of the Order of Edwardian Gunners (the Vintagers) and producer of The Vintage Cup and World Side by Side Championships & Exhibition. Hawley, Massachusetts.