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Mike Koneski 03-04-2020 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig (Post 295352)
Hey waidaminute.... he swore an oath of allegiance...:nono:






I like your follow-through Mike but that clay is still flying...:whistle:


:rotf:




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Notice I didn’t pull the trigger yet. Just sayin’. 😁

Mike Koneski 03-04-2020 07:54 PM

1931 mfg VHE 32” high rib, single selective trigger, straight stock, 1 1/2 frame, 14 1/2” LOP, 1 3/8”- 2 3/8”, medallion is engraved “FKS”, F (.33)RT and IC (.12) LT, BTFE and weighing in about 8 lb 13 oz.

I have a Parker letter and have G&H info too. Somewhere between 1931 and 1947 the stock was changed from capped pistol grip to English. Still haven’t found who FKS was?

How’s that?

Mike Koneski 03-04-2020 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts (Post 295356)
Beautiful wood on that one. As for the owner, well, uh, probably just a long winter and a lack of oxygen to the brain. But then again he hasn't been able to dress himself appropriately since the demise of Garanimals for adults. He'll pull out of it soon. :corn:


Randy, don’t knock Garanimals. It keeps it simple!! Kind of like denim, black tees and plaid shirts. Always appropriate and never out of style. 😁

Randy G Roberts 03-04-2020 08:31 PM

8 lb-13oz on that frame, WHOA. That one came out of the Men's Department for sure. It has to be a real joy to shoot. It surpasses my 34" VR gun with a PG wide comb trap style stock by some 7 oz. I must have missed that when you first told me of it. I'm envious. Congrats on that one. :bowdown:

Daryl Corona 03-04-2020 08:56 PM

FKS= Frank "the King" Srebro. Just saying.:cool:

Mike Koneski 03-04-2020 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Daryl Corona (Post 295402)
FKS= Frank "the King" Srebro. Just saying.:cool:

I was thinking “Effing Koneski Smokes-em”?

Frank Srebro 03-04-2020 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Koneski (Post 295420)
I was thinking “Effing Koneski Smokes-em”?

Yeah that's a better fit Mike. Lots of diesel smoke on the course today. :bowdown:

Thanks for letting me shoot her. Those dimensions are just about perfect for me (read: smoke balls). :)

Kevin McCormack 03-05-2020 05:29 PM

Where does the "Griffith" moniker come in?

Frank Srebro 03-05-2020 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack (Post 295523)
Where does the "Griffith" moniker come in?

Eugene C. Griffith, an "amateur" shooting a Parker was winner of the 1901 GAH at Live Birds. Griffith had shot only about 300 live birds before the GAH and he went on to best 21 other straights including many professional shooters. A real success story and a good read in the Pigeons in the Park chapter of the McIntosh Fox book.

Here's a fuzzy cut of the 22 straights copied from the American Field. Griffith in rear row, far right. Ansley Fox in front row, 4th from left.

Mike Koneski 03-06-2020 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Cambria (Post 295362)
Like the gun...….

LOVE the sweatshirt!!! :bowdown:


Yet when I pressed to have Fox hoodies to sell you guys laughed at me!!! It is now a "gettin' dirty" hoodie instead of a dress up for shootin' hoodie.


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