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My most heavily provenanced Parker is an eight gauge ordered by and owned and shot by a Nebraska homesteader. The family is a microcosm of early American farm and homesteading life. Obviously, the family used the gun extensively for prairie waterfowling. Later in life, when eight gauges were outlawed, they sent the gun back to Parker Brothers for 10 gauge 3 1/2" 34" Vulcan Steel barrels so the gun would still be useful and legal for waterfowl. I have the family history in my files and it is truly the most interesting piece of Parker history I have ever found. The owners are not only waterfowlers, but also appear in early ATA average books as somewhat active trapshooters. Unfortunately, the original eight gauge barrels are not with the gun.
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I have a GH owned by the first mayor of Virginia Beach whose house the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum now resides in. Not a looker but a waterfowl gun through and through
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Mills: Guns with provenance or partial provenance would make a great theme for next years Southern. It sure would be an eclectic gathering of Parker guns but big fun in my opinion. I hate to see all the tables in the Parker tent go basically empty.
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05-02-2015, 07:26 PM
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Great idea Craig. Another topic for a display could be "your favorite shooter".
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Gary Herman sold my dad a lot of Parkers right up till he died. My dad, not Gary; he's still alive. One particular 16ga. CHE was purported to have belonged to Dwight Eisenhower, prior to becoming president. There was no backup documentation so we took it with a grain of salt. Pete Harvey sold the old boy a BHE20 (the gun I miss the most) which belonged to a member of the Bissell family. John Bissell was one of the founding citizens of Windors CT. His grandson went into partnership with Christopher Spencer (Spencer repeating carbine) who was my great grandfather's first cousin.
My GHE 28 was bought by an up and coming New Yorker Bank Vice President, E.H.Rawls. The next entry in the A&F ledger for GH elector guns was the purchase of a GHE 20, by E.F. Hutton. The gun I have with the most significant provenance to me is a VH 16, on a one frame, bought on his 16th birthday by my hero and mentor, Edgar Spencer Jr. |
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05-03-2015, 11:04 PM
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Daryl, you were certainly missed at the Southern. Do the PT as directed.
Someone earlier mentioned Robert Urich. he grew up in Toronto ,Ohio just 45 min from me. I was his guide in 1989 at the National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt in Grand Rapids, MInnesota. My stepson , Jeremy, has been with me since he was 3. His father died young of a brain tumor, but he grew up with Robert Urich and they were close friends. Urich was a genuinely nice guy.
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05-02-2015, 07:01 PM
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We are working on that Craig and your idea is a good one.
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