SBT - What are you thoughts..

[GunnerGrilli]

Sorry, Wisner, NE, not NB. Typing faster than I can keep up..............



Thanks,


Bobby

[David]

Thank you @tool Man - You are well informed on the Hellcats. I wrote a book about my experience with my grandfather regarding his war experiences and life in small town NE. If you like to read it is on Amazon 'A Grandson's Story - Beatrice, NE' - a Parker even gets a mention in a chapter. He was in the 493rd and 494th Armored Field Artillery. I have their post event assessment of Herrlisheim . If you watched band of brothers - at the end when they liberate the camp -- that was also 12th AD - as you said - from a small farm to the front row of the biggest mess in human history - and he stayed on for war crimes as an attorney prosecuting cases. He lived quite a life - these Parkers mean a lot to me.

[David]

Back to the gun - I took some additional photos of the wood work with more natural light coming in the window. The wood is just fantastic.

One note about this gun - Mr Dudley mentioned the cheek piece on the stock - This is an important detail because my grandfather was left handed. He was particular about this - other guns he used regularly had after market cheek rests - leather sleeves or in one case seemingly glued on the stock for left handed shooting -

So this is a longer 32' - with a right handed stock - and that leads me to believe purchased more as a collectible than something to use.

I went to a higher source (my mom) and she confirmed - no way anyone had funds to be buying special shotguns before the late 1940's or early 1950's.

[John Davis]

The wood is outstanding!

[J. Scott Hanes]

For those members well-studied on script lettering, are the initials on the grip cap (top to bottom) C J L or C F L?

[Mike Franzen]

Great SBT David. I hope you will share the information you receive in your letter. I think a gun like that had to be for someone special. Maybe we’ll find out who.