An Interesting DelGrego Letter
 

Being the custodian of a great deal of Austin Hogan’s communications, graphs and studies of bores, chambers and chokes, among so many other things, I came across this letter today and thought I should share it.


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Is that articles in the archives Dean, I'd like to read it. Thanks for sharing.

Kind of a random post. Perhaps you would include the reference PP article for context?

The first issue in 2008 (the Del Grego letter is dated March) had an article "An Invincible Grade Parker in 16 Gauge" but the Parker Pages Index does not list the author.

It is referdnced in DelGrego’s letter. Spring 2008.





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Austin rarely listed himself as the author in his Parker Pages articles.
I found that a pita when trying to find articles authored by him.
I suggested he indicate himself in a by-line but he was too modest.





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The article related to the letter can be found and read here (thanks to our webmaster).

https://pgca.synology.me/pt674508t/2008_0001.pdf

As Dean mentions, Austin's byline did not appear in many of his articles. When completing the article about the "Gold Hearts Gun", the final draft did not include his name. I emailed him (copy retained) to ask him to add his name along with mine and Mark Conrad's. As I recall, Austin did not do as I asked, the the article did not include his name.

Having those old issues on line is the cat's ass

The graphics are not of the same quality but that prevents copying them.

JD is always on top of it. We’re darn lucky to have him!




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Reference
 

Thank you Pete because reading that Del Grego letter without re-reading Austin's fantastic article leaves one wondering what he's talking about. I still don't know what he's talking about when he says he works under a different set of rules. But then again, it's not really important.

Bill, which issue is the Gold Hearts article in?

Did yoh ever find a link to Annie having owned that gun?





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Rules of family and Parker factory tradition.





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Thanks, but that part was obvious in the letter. What I was interested in seeing, which Pete addressed, was, what gun/article, was Larry referring to.

Dean, I have all of my information on the Annie Oakley connection, but have not put it together in "auction house" form. Getting the John Phillip Sousa articles together was a piece of cake compared to the Gold Hearts Gun. Yes, there are definite links to Annie and the 1902 Grand American at live birds, the last one. The "Gold Hearts" article was under a Bill Murphy and Mark Conrad byline. If you can't locate it, let me know and I'll dig it up.