Archibald Rutledge

[Big D]

Craig - I dunno, but I'm getting tired of hearing about the 250 ( or whatever) deer you have "plowed/smoked/crushed" with a collection of non-Parker guns. If you're going to burn up our pixels, how about joining the PGCA, and dialing down the rhetoric?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by George Lander

Archibald Rutledge in his book "Home By The River" writes of his boyhood home, Hampton Plantation, on the South Santee River at McClellanville between Charleston & Georgetown, South Carolina. He returned to his childhood home late in life after living most of his adult life in the North. Hampton Plantation is now owned by the South Carolina State Park Service & is open to the public including his home. I believe a Parker shotgun is mentioned in this work.

Best Regards, George

I seem to remember reading somewhere he shot one or two Parkers so much that they were unfixable . Now I realize "unfixable" is a relative term with most folks . I assume what was meant by that was he shot them loose and at the time no one was inclined to shall we say "tighten them back up" .

[Mills]

The barrels on one of his Parker's blew out. He hunted it pretty hard.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

The barrels on one of his Parker's blew out. He hunted it pretty hard.

I expect something like an obstruction, i doubt you can shoot enough through a barrel in several lifetimes to thin a barrel to the danger point

(even if we cannot agree in a score of threads what that danger point is )

[MarketHunter]

He supposedly made box style turkey calls and sold them mail order. I believe there's a photo of one that's attributed to him in one of the call collectors books.

[charlie cleveland]

bet one of those box calls would be hard to come by nowadays..charlie

[Mills]

He did make calls and I have a book with a picture of one in it. That would be a real collector's item

[Ray Masciarella]

I have collected turkey calls for many years and have only seen one of his box calls. They are rare and very collectible. The call he is holding in the photo is his call.