Aha!... Maybe San Joaquin Trap Club... Fresno is right in the San Joaquin Valley.
Maybe the gun was presented as a top award for 1917. Edited for wrong date - Thanks Mikael. |
According to my PGCA letter the gun was ordered January 9 1917 and delivered April 12 1917
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I find it interesting it would have a date engraved on it. Could have been a presentation or award gun of some sort.
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On the inlay is engraved May 7 1917. Se page 1 in the tread.
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sdc
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My guess is that the initials are "S D C" with the "D" being the last name of the owner. Look at the engraved grip cap of Charles S Parker's gun in TPS pg 631 for the similarity in the style of the S and the C. FWIW
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Brian, it is my belief also that it is a presentation gun, hence the date.
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If you can negotiate the search function for LA84foundation.com, looking at the date of the presentation compared to shoot held on that date, you may find mention of a presentation of a shotgun. Arthur DuBray gave away a bunch of Parkers as prizes, spent time on the west coast visiting shoots and taking orders. My 20 gauge Trojan grade came from Lewald and Schlueter in 1917 also. I was able to find information on this dealer on google.com including an offer to sell a picture of the store itself by the local historical society. I opted to print the picture on the google screen rather than spend money on a better print. Captain DuBray promoted the use of the 20 gauge on his visits to California and many of them are found with his name attributed on the order sheet.
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Unfortunately, I found that my normal search vehicle on the LA84foundation.com website, the Sporting Life paper, has entries that end in 1916.
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the last initial is always in the middle so PCH would be my best guess pHc
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