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RICHARD L ANDERSON
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 01:09 am |
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Parker serial number 241443 left Illion NY in Feburary of 1941 (this is from memory so if the dates are off a little I claim journalistic latitude ) as GHE 16Ga #1 frame gun. She has the following options which are confirmed by a PGCA letter. A straight grip sst, two bbl set both of which are vent rib, both sets of barrels have their own BTF. One set of her 28 inch legs are choked skeet in/ skeet out while the other is M/F.
She left Illion and headed to Marshall Fields of Chicago, Ill. ( I remember when you could buy a gun from Marshall Fields). from there she went west and found herself at Alex Kerrs of Beverly Hills. A fitted trunk case bearing the Alex Kerr nameplate accompanies the gun. On the case is the name of one William H. Blanchard who was commander of strategic bombing operation in WWII and who graduated from West Point in 1938. He led an exemplary military career and prepared,directed, and supervised the operations for delivery of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Somewhere between Illion and Beverly Hills this gun went through some cosmetic changes as you will see in the pictures. This gun was transformed from a std GHE into something quite elegant with the gold birds and much finer engraveing than a std GHE grade. There are Remington repair codes on both sets of barrels ZZ3. it's unknown at this time if this refers to the embelishments of both wood and metal or not.
When I got this gun it had almost 4 inches of drop and try as I could it was hard to hit the ground with it. I made the decision to restock it to fit me and kept it to as original (at least to me as I could) I changed the checkering on the pistol grip somewhat but the forarms and the overall pattern are what was on the gun when I got it.
Dave Miles will post pictures. I think this is just another example of untold Parker history that might or might not ever be completely unraveled.
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 10:49 am |
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| Rich,Wow.... What a great gun! I can,t wait to see it.....Congratulations
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Dave Suponski wrote: Rich,Wow.... What a great gun! I can,t wait to see it.....Congratulations
Dave, are you coming to the U.P. Shoot?
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| Well..It all depends.. on several things....
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 02:26 pm |
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What a beauty.
It is great you have some history on your gun. I think that adds a special element to owning a classic.
Do you have any idea at all of who did the original custom / upgrade work?
Other than knowing my custom engraved and gold inlayed VHE 16 went from Remington in 1938 to Marshall Fields in Chicago and went back to Remington a couple times because of repair codes being present I can find zero history on my shotgun.
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 04:22 pm |
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Rich,
Could be the work was done overseas, I've seen some guns that were engraved in Japan post-war that had a lot of gold on them.
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 08:16 pm |
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Rich I think Destry is correct. If you bring the gun to Hidden Hollow next month I will bring a hammer and a set of stamps. We could stamp on the barrels ''Made In Japan".
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 08:42 pm |
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| To be a genuine Japanese engraved gun, there would have to be pointing dogs locked up on ducks flying over the ocean.
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RICHARD L ANDERSON
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 11:35 pm |
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Larry your all heart.
I think the gun was ordered by Mr. Blanchard through Alex Kerrs. Parker might not have had what he was looking for and directed Kerrs to Marshall Fields. It might have been sent back to Parker for the engraveing and stock work hence the repair code or it could have been sent elsewhere. Alex Kerr provided fancy shotguns to the elite shooters of that era and this could be one of them.
Either way the work is first rate IMHO .
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Posted: Mon May 4th, 2009 11:44 pm |
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I didn't mean that the work looked bad. There were a lot of servicemen that had guns upgraded in Japan after the war. I just saw pictures of an A-5 that had gold birds all over it that was done over there. The Pacific Theater connection could be the explaination for the work was all I was meaning.
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Posted: Tue May 5th, 2009 02:33 am |
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I dunno . . . I think he'd be pretty hard-pressed to find an artisan anywhere in Japan who would do anything for the guy who orchestrated the bombing of Hiroshima
Fabulous wood Rich, what planet is that from, Venus??
You're lucky to have found that gun and No, it's not the one I thought you had 
Will we Easterners see it in the near future??
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