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Unread 10-10-2021, 09:33 AM   #41
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I spent a lot of time examining the L.C. Smith A-2 during my museum career. There was a spare stock for it that was numbered to the gun. It was a rather plain walnut stock that I am going to speculate was used in the field.

When Sousa's Grandson donated it to the museum he wrote that Sousa used that A-2 for both trap shooting and duck hunting. My guess is the nicer stock was installed for show and the trap shoots, with the plain one used in the duck blind.

I'm only speculating of course, but it would make sense.
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I would like to think the gun in Drews post was Sousa's Purdey, but the long receiver makes it look more like his A-2 Smith. Garry, the Double Gun Journal, Summer 2013, had my and Tom Breeden's article about Sousa's Lindner Daly Sextuple, with many pictures. Our article about his Remington 10F is in a Remington Society Journal around the same time, also with many pictures.
Thanks, Bill. I will hunt up the DGJ article today!
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The Sousa Remington Model 10F was displayed and written about in the first quarter issue, 2015, of the Remington Society Journal. Great pictures by Dean Breeden, co-author Tom Breeden's son.
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John Philip Sousa’s Ithaca SBT at the ATA Hall of Fame in Sparta IL.



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If I've done so correctly, attached is an old B & W photo from the A.E Kraus estate of the special gold plated Smith gun Hunter Arms made for Sousa. This photo was made by Terry Allen from the original tattered photo, which is also featured in the inaugural issue of the DGJ.
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Somehow, in my travels, I have also managed to add the last Sousa Grade Ithaca Knick to my collection. Documentation as the "Last Sousa Knick" courtesy of my friend Walt Snyder.
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Unread 06-30-2022, 05:23 PM   #47
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Bill, I remember inquiring about the last Sousa Knick #4021xx a number of years ago when Ironman had it for sale...The had it priced very fair...
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That’s very interesting Bill,

I would love to see that Knick sometime if I may, will you be attending the shoot at the famous Rock Mountain shooting grounds in late July?

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Stan, Randy Davis just posted a picture of it. Randy, "priced very fair" is a bit of an understatement. I will probably not make it to The Rock in July. I'm a little weak on my feet lately.
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Nice Ithaca Bill... I was just too picky...
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