Parker "Brush Gun"
 

Was a "Brush Gun" ever offered?

October 5, 1911 Sporting Life
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL5805020.PDF
"Shoot the finest brush gun made."

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Outdoor Recreation, 1918
“Parker Brush Gun”
https://books.google.com/books?id=0H...J&pg=PA379&lpg

That is a very interesting ad Drew. This is the first time I have ever seen a Parker referred to as a brush gun in its advertising. Usually long range and handling is touted in advertising. The Parker brush gun that I would order if it was 1927 would be a 16 bore, 28 or 30 inch barrels bored cylinder and improved cylinder. That would be my dream brush gun.

Meant to say 1918 in my post. Thanks for posting this type of stuff Drew. It is very interesting.

Looks like high brass for the brush gun. HHHUUUUMMMMM. That will get through the brush

OMG!! Shooting high brass in the brush. I'll bet that gun has cracks behind the tang today.

That same "high brass" illustration was used in Sporting Life ads starting at least 1909

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Those three rings around the top of the high brass is the Winchester LEADER shell which was offered in a "Brush" version.

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The Western RECORD shell had a knurling style in the high brass --

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Remington - UMC's high brass ARROW shell used the company name crimping the brass --

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Peters Cartridge Co. used a different style of knurling on their high brass PREMIER and IDEAL shells --

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Maybe brushes are hard to kill??

Wish I had some of those “Brush” shells this morning..... I came back to camp with five empties of Morris’ best “Paper Lites” with nothing to show for it. It’s doggone hard to see through the foliage this time of year. Actually, I’m sure the RST’s did their job... I just couldn’t uphold my end of the bargain... or maybe it was the Fox I was shooting.

Yeah, that’s it - it was the gun’s fault!





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Back in the day, high brass indicated the quality of the shell, not necessarily a heavy load. Here from the 1915-16 Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. catalog one can see the wide range of 12-gauge loads from 2 1/2 drams pushing 1 ounce of shot to 3 1/2 drams pushing 1 1/4 ounce of shot available in their high brass ARROW shell --

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All of those same loads were offered in the low brass NITRO CLUB shell except the 10A and 10F loads.