If I'm not mistaken, the 1st Parker-Fox $50 Challenge was at Addieville in 2010....

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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First Picture - Polish Ghost of Parker Past...

Second Picture - Toolman's trick shooting "I bet I can shoot between two simul-clays without touching either."

Third Picture - The Esteemed Founders.

Fourth Picture - The Team Fox $50 Surrender


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It's my recollection that 2010 and one or two earlier ones at Addievillle were variously billed as "informal shoots" and "warm ups for Hausmann's". See attached link for 2010. Tool Man and Dave were running them for the northeast contingent back then and one/both can clarify.

I do believe the 2012 event in conjunction with the Vintage Cup is the first one that was stepped up and hyped as the "Fox - Parker Challenge" and with a large perpetual trophy. Again, Tool Man should be able to comment definitively.

http://forum.foxcollectors.com/viewt...lit=addieville

Ok, no arguement there but for the fact that the Vintagers and Fox/Parker Challenge weren’t at Addieville in 2012... to the best of my recollection.





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Yes Dean they were. I was the Fox BD member responsible for shooting events at the time and still have the files. Here's the summary I posted afterwards:

Here's a short summary of our shooting events & results at this year's Vintage Cup at Addieville.

2012 Ansley H Fox Championship

Ansley H Fox Champion: Chuck DeVinne with a score of 49 ex 50, using a 12 gauge 26" AE Fox
FE Grade Winner: Jim Kline with a score of 44, using a 12 gauge 32" Sterlingworth
DE Grade Winner: Frank Srebro also with a score of 44, using a 12 gauge 32" AE Fox

Jim and Frank both shot the same score (44 ex 50) and the 2nd/3rd places were decided by Addieville staff using Winscore software and tie breaker stations

Special note is also made that Chuck was High Over All in the American Classics. This is (I believe) the first time the American Classics HOA was won using an A H Fox gun. There were 74 entrants in the American Classics event.


2012 Fox-Parker Challenge

Team Fox carried the day with a score of 219 ex 250 targets, versus 201 for Team Parker. A total of 46 shooters participated in the Fox-Parker Challenge concurrent with the American Classics event. This included 19 Fox shooters and 27 Parker shooters.

Team Fox: Chuck DeVinne 49, Jim Kline 44, Frank Srebro 44, Bill Sanford 42 and Paul Plunkett 40

Team Parker: Carl Harlan 47, Dave Fjelline 40, Larry Frey 40, George Purtill 37 and Raymond Roy 37

The A H Fox Collectors Board of Directors wish to sincerely thank all our members and our Parker colleagues who participated in this exciting first-time concurrent. It's always nice to shoot with friends while using both fine examples of American gunmaking at its best! The Parker Association hosted a very nice reception afterwards at their booth, and we thank our friends for their largesse and warmth.

Good stuff. I’m hoping to meet some of you gents that post on here.

TOUCHE Dean-O.... but as Frank so aptly recalled, those were the "DE FACTO DAYS" long before the FPC Cup became the official registry for this beloved contest.

Regarding my shooting prowess: I believe Bogardus and Gilbert would be green with envy on the skill required to insert an ounce of 8's between two moving targets at that distance with such surgical precision!!! The fact that I can repeat that feat on most any course,------with Fox or Parker in hand---should silence the legions of "cranks" that for some odd reason take great pleasure in heckling me at every opportunity!! :crying::crying:

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FYI Mike, if you're looking for the "marrow" of TEAM FOX, we should be easy to find. Just look for the red/white vette or ask Ernie for directions to the DELTA HOUSE tent!! See you at The Hollow!! :corn::whistle:

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Yes sir, that’s a fine lot of Philly Fox dandies. I’ll just look where the crowd has gathered. I’m kinda hard to notice. A wallflower type. But here’s a close up so if you see me please say hello.

My picture file for the 2012 The Vintage Cup show Addieville. 28 September 2012 --

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