Parry Fire Arms Co. was in the 1890-91 Ithaca, New York, city directory. The Wilkes-Barre Gun Co. was listed in the 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895 Wilkes-Barrel, Pennsylvania, city directories. Edward George Parry had been a barrel brazer at Ithaca Gun Co. before going out on his own with a hammer gun much nicer than Ithaca's.