Believe it or not, Michael McIntosh had Parkers, he references one in the Shotguns & Shooting Three book!

I believe it was "Cousin Sid" in Corey Ford's "Seat of Justice" who owned a .410 Parker in skeet configuration, field chokes (full and full). I hope his wife didn't get it in the divorce settlement.

Doug Stewart who had his book for sale on this site, The Traditional Side by Side: King of the Upland Bird Gun, is also one to add to your list. He writes about many original and reproduction Parkers in his book.

In his book “the biography of a sportsman”, Austin Haight talks about his Parker 20 ga., the apple of his eye.

Great! I have this and forgot about it.

Garth, thanks. This one is also in my library and about to be pulled out to read.

Stan, I believe the long barrel .410 Merkel was pictured in George Bird Evans' "Best of Nash Buckingham", don't know the page, but the pictures are on just a few separate pages. Probably not one of Nash's guns, no further information. No closeups of the engraving. Probably a dove gun owned by one of Nash's friends.

Bill, I just ran this by the "Fact-checkers" over on FaceBook and they said your statement could be misleading, so I got my 1962 edition of "Minutes of the Lower Forty" and it turns out those fact-checkers know their stuff (:biglaugh:)... The Parker .410 with full and full chokes with the semibeavertail fore end and single trigger belonged to Hentracks Hennessy. :cool:





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Let's not forget William G. (Bill) Tapply who was given Burton Spiller's 20ga Parker.

I love Bill's telling of the story of Burt's non-ceremonial passing of his Parker to young Bill.

In one of our several communications, when I was editor and shortly before he died, he gave me written permission to use that story, exactly as he wrote it or in any form I chose, and use it or publish it as I saw fit. To date I have not done so.





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