I wasn't trying to be negative, just give facts. If it letters to Wells Fargo I believe it will be the only Parker "coach gun" to have done so as far as I ever heard. Anybody ever seen one that would letter? If so, I'd love to hear about it, give us all hope.....

Destry

The Wells Fargo museum in Portland has a "coach gun." It's not a Parker and it doesn't say Wells Fargo on it anywhere. Its part of a display of WF memorabilia that includes strong boxes, a stagecoach, money bags, this little shotgun and much more.

With Destry's plain and correct explanation, I am reminded of Harry Truman's answer to a reporter who asked why he gave people Hell. His reply: " I don't give them Hell. I just tell them the truth and they think its Hell."

I told my wife that............once.

I'm not passing judgement on this gun, but I believe the vast majority of the Wells Fargo guns out there are fakes.
I would love to see this one authenticated.

Great, now Destry has me doubting the Easter Bunny...

The truth hurts sometimes. :)

" I don't give them Hell. I just tell them the truth and they think its Hell."

Reminds me of a gift from the great British cartoonist Hugh Burnett to me in the Arctic in 1963.

He drew a cartoon of two monks watching Inuit making an igloo, one saying to the other "Trouble is they think hell would be an improvement."

His monks were practically an institution, in Time and Life and the Daily Mail. Hugh drew my cartoon on the cover page of his "Sacred and Confidential."

Think of all the stagecoaches that roamed the Old West in the late 1800's & early 1900's, Each one carried at least one guard who was armed with at least one weapon, be it rifle, pistol or scattergun. Some, but certainly not all, were marked with the name of the company, Wells Fargo, Butterfield, American Express, etc. It is not inconceivable that there are authentic ones out there either full length or sawed off. True, there are a lot more fakes than real, but there must be some real ones as well.

It reminds me of Lt. Dixon's $20 gold piece that for over 100 years legend said that he carried as a good luck piece through the hell of Shiloh and onto the first submarine Hunley. It was given to him on his departure by his girfriend Queenie Bennett. It was only legend until the little Hunley was found and excavated and lo and behold along with Lt. Dixon's remains was found the double eagle dented where it was struck by a minie ball at Shiloh. Unknown to anyone, living, before that time he had a jeweler inscribe the back of it: "Shiloh April 6, 1862 My Life Preserver G.E.D." Of such stuff are legends made.

Best Regards, George