Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Non-Parker Specific & General Discussions General Discussions about Other Fine Doubles

Notices

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
Unread 04-19-2021, 01:03 PM   #11
Member
Cold Spring
PGCA Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,880
Thanks: 3,267
Thanked 6,246 Times in 1,201 Posts

Default

Time will tell on its history. My letter request had been pending at Cody for almost three weeks now.
Frank Srebro is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04-19-2021, 01:24 PM   #12
Member
Phil Yearout
PGCA Member
 
Phil Yearout's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,210
Thanks: 5,060
Thanked 3,998 Times in 1,059 Posts

Default

Nice Frank. I have been enjoying my Knick 5E 32-incher...

__________________
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain.
Phil Yearout is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to Phil Yearout For Your Post:
Unread 04-19-2021, 04:15 PM   #13
Member
Harold Pickens
PGCA Member
 
Harold Lee Pickens's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,624
Thanks: 2,121
Thanked 7,773 Times in 2,006 Posts

Default

My best friend has a 4E SBT--I'll have to find out the barrel length and stock type. I have shot it, and he did have it for sale for a while. They are really nice. He told me before I could borrow it, and thought about taking it to Hausmsnn's
__________________
"How kind it is that most of us will never know when we have fired our last shot"--Nash Buckingham
Harold Lee Pickens is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04-19-2021, 10:20 PM   #14
Member
Phil Yearout
PGCA Member
 
Phil Yearout's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,210
Thanks: 5,060
Thanked 3,998 Times in 1,059 Posts

Default

According to Walt Snyder my 5E went to Phil Bekeart in San Francisco on May 31, 1929. Bekeart was a dealer and also a trap champion and sold a lot of Ithaca guns. Here is the front office of his store in SF; I imagine my Knick was ordered for stock or for a customer and of course I don't know if it passed through there, but kinda cool to think that it did...

__________________
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain.
Phil Yearout is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to Phil Yearout For Your Post:
Unread 04-20-2021, 05:56 AM   #15
Member
Bill Murphy
PGCA Lifetime
Member Since
Second Grade

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,526
Thanks: 6,119
Thanked 8,786 Times in 4,718 Posts

Default

I was lucky. Walt Snyder sent me provenance on all of my Knicks before the records went to Cody. One was the last Knick Sousa, the only one I've seen in original finish. They are some guns, almost as wonderful as Parker singles.
Bill Murphy is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04-23-2021, 03:12 PM   #16
Member
Cold Spring
PGCA Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,880
Thanks: 3,267
Thanked 6,246 Times in 1,201 Posts

Default

I got the 34" SBT info from Cody today. Shipped in April 1931 to a California trap shooter of some note. I did a quick internet search and came up with many name hits and it seems he got this SBT gun late in his shooting career. Right now I'm thinking I'll save his name and details for an article. Interesting, she was shipped from Ithaca NY to San Francisco by Parcel Post for $2.18.

Also of interest, I did a Cody request for an Ithaca NID VR Double Trap gun and got that too. Serial number would seem to indicate a 1927/28 year gun but she was shipped in November 1936. Tough days and tight money during those days of the Great Depression.
Frank Srebro is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to Frank Srebro For Your Post:
Unread 04-23-2021, 08:49 PM   #17
Member
Researcher
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Dave Noreen's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,597
Thanks: 1,617
Thanked 7,773 Times in 2,353 Posts

Default

I saved a picture of an October 17, 1942, Ithaca invoice, that Walter posted some years ago, for four fully loaded No. 4E double traps and two similar No. 5Es to Lou J. Eppinger, Inc. One gun had a serial number in the 448xxx range, four had serial numbers in the 454xxx range and one in the 457xxx range. By the serial number chronology in Walter's book those would be 1927 to 1930 guns.

Similarly Walter posted a couple pages of 1935 Lefever Arms Co., Inc. invoices for 250 and 430 12-gauge, 30-inch, Nitro Specials to Edw. K. Tryon. All the serial numbers in the 1927-29 range. Apparently the boys at Fall Creek had a lot of inventory to move.

Sept. 1, 1935 --EXTRA PROFIT--.jpeg
Dave Noreen is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04-24-2021, 07:47 AM   #18
Member
Bill Murphy
PGCA Lifetime
Member Since
Second Grade

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,526
Thanks: 6,119
Thanked 8,786 Times in 4,718 Posts

Default

The best example of depression inventory problems was a Rifleman ad for Model 21s for $25.00 from Hudson's in New York.
Bill Murphy is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Bill Murphy For Your Post:
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:47 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.