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Drew Hause
02-16-2019, 11:19 AM
https://www.trapshooters.com/threads/fred-coleman.829581/

http://www.pssatrap.org/HOF/coleman-fred-bio.htm
Reports that all his guns and trophies were lost in a fire in 1956, the year before his death. Could his Parker be out there?

1898 GAH used a L.C. Smith and killed only 15 birds at 26 yds.
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/45661/rec/2

1899 GAH using a Francotte killing 22 at 28 yds.
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/43583/rec/1

Did not participate in the 1900 or 1901 GAH at Live Birds

Image c. 1900 holding a Parker
https://books.google.com/books?id=hlybTwfOcB4C&pg=PA113&lpg

I've never seen a Parker ad in Sporting Life mentioning Coleman

1907 using a Fox
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/33950/rec/32