just a question Chuck - on some hammer guns - the serial number is on the side of the barrel lug

and a number i have heard referred to as the order number is on the flats

is this the same order number is these order books?

This is one of those funny things ... I have no trouble understanding why a person would not let the PGCA make a copy (of course it appears PGCA already has a copy but nonetheless.....)


The PGCA has the majority of the order books, and will not allow anyone else, right or wrong, to have a copy. So it doesn't follow that someone 'should' allow the PGCA to have a copy of whatever book they have. It's a two way street. Especially when the PGCA makes money from the information contained therein.

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Noticed a couple entries from the book listing McGee of Kansas City... attached is a Pic of McGee
from late 1800`s

Trap3

Case in point - All sorts of good stuff happens when there is a free exchange of information

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Chuck, thank you for taking time to explain this piece of the early Parker records puzzle. FV

Yes Rick, if you see a number that resembles a serial number on the barrel flats, that is the order number and would match the order book order number.

ok - then- if we include that number in the search request-

would it give us any more data?

or just more work for you? :corn:

I don't think we have the records digitized or indexed by order number. But we should. And a scanner that can read numbers would do that?
All our stuff should be cross indexed.
So if you wanted to know every gun sold to Bishops Hardware, you could.

It could be done George. In the front of each order book is an alphabetized listing of all the customers in that book. Looking at the pages shown on the eBay auction order book there are mostly items such as shells, quantity, and cleaning rods, jags, etc., with only a dollar amount shown for the gun ordered, no serial number or description of the gun at all. My point is that it would be really nice to have this other information shown in a research letter.






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I've heard a story as to why the Delgrego Family won't release their record books. If anybody wants to hear it, feel free to drop a PM.

Destry