Koneski/Benedict/Griffith

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Hey waidaminute.... he swore an oath of allegiance...






I like your follow-through Mike but that clay is still flying...







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Notice I didn’t pull the trigger yet. Just sayin’. 😁

[Mike of the Mountain]

1931 mfg VHE 32” high rib, single selective trigger, straight stock, 1 1/2 frame, 14 1/2” LOP, 1 3/8”- 2 3/8”, medallion is engraved “FKS”, F (.33)RT and IC (.12) LT, BTFE and weighing in about 8 lb 13 oz.

I have a Parker letter and have G&H info too. Somewhere between 1931 and 1947 the stock was changed from capped pistol grip to English. Still haven’t found who FKS was?

How’s that?

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts

Beautiful wood on that one. As for the owner, well, uh, probably just a long winter and a lack of oxygen to the brain. But then again he hasn't been able to dress himself appropriately since the demise of Garanimals for adults. He'll pull out of it soon.

Randy, don’t knock Garanimals. It keeps it simple!! Kind of like denim, black tees and plaid shirts. Always appropriate and never out of style. 😁

[Randy Roberts]

8 lb-13oz on that frame, WHOA. That one came out of the Men's Department for sure. It has to be a real joy to shoot. It surpasses my 34" VR gun with a PG wide comb trap style stock by some 7 oz. I must have missed that when you first told me of it. I'm envious. Congrats on that one.

[Double Lab]

FKS= Frank "the King" Srebro. Just saying.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

FKS= Frank "the King" Srebro. Just saying.

I was thinking “Effing Koneski Smokes-em”?

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

I was thinking “Effing Koneski Smokes-em”?

Yeah that's a better fit Mike. Lots of diesel smoke on the course today.

Thanks for letting me shoot her. Those dimensions are just about perfect for me (read: smoke balls).

[Kevin McCormack]

Where does the "Griffith" moniker come in?

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

Where does the "Griffith" moniker come in?

Eugene C. Griffith, an "amateur" shooting a Parker was winner of the 1901 GAH at Live Birds. Griffith had shot only about 300 live birds before the GAH and he went on to best 21 other straights including many professional shooters. A real success story and a good read in the Pigeons in the Park chapter of the McIntosh Fox book.

Here's a fuzzy cut of the 22 straights copied from the American Field. Griffith in rear row, far right. Ansley Fox in front row, 4th from left.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Steve Cambria

Like the gun...….

LOVE the sweatshirt!!!

Yet when I pressed to have Fox hoodies to sell you guys laughed at me!!! It is now a "gettin' dirty" hoodie instead of a dress up for shootin' hoodie.