Wrege&Flues Bay City stamped under butt plate
 

Greetings All,
I recently picked up a 10 gauge hammer gun, # 41745 with "Wrege&Flues Bay City" stamped under the butt plate. It is for sure a die stamp not just written out.
Do you have any knowledge of this?
Thank you,
Craig

Can you show us a picture?

It is likely the name of the store in Bay City, MI.

I have found many interesting things under buttplates of old guns.

I believe Emil Flues (of Ithaca Flues Model fame) operated in Bay City at one time.

Google is your friend! http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.as...n.counties.bay

Slam-dunk Chuck!

Somewhere in my files, there is an order for a Parker placed by Emil Flues. I'll try to find it.

There are 2 entries in the order books, the first the original order, the second a repair. No mention of Wrege&Flues Bay City, but the repair was returned to Detroit. It would be interesting to see pictures of the gun to see if any modification might have been done to the metal or stocks.

Thank you, I am in the middle of repairing the stock. The gun is in very good shape overall for the age. I will post some photos when I figure out how....
Craig

Wrege&Flues
 

Parker 10 gauge #41745

On September 19, 1892, Emil Flues, Bay City, Michigan, ordered a GH grade 12 gauge with 30" Damascus barrels, pistol grip stock. The serial number is 74894.

Thank you,
Craig

41745 is the gun I have with the stamp under the butt plate. Perhaps he had owned this one, or done some work on it at one point.

Following the links on this thread has brought up some fascinating reading about Emil Flues. Does anyone have a link to the solid gold gun he built for Ras Tafiri ?

Bill,
When I get a chance, I will see if there is a letter available on this hammer gun I just picked up. I have a few Parkers that I want to get researched.
Thanks again for your information,
Craig

Haile Selassie on left before he was emperor of Ethiopia with his bride (ctr) and rifles (sporting or military?). he did enjoy big-game hunting.

I wonder if any of there might be the gold plated Flues gun???




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This makes me want to take off the butt plate on every gun I have.

I have but have never found anything of interest.

Thanks for posting that link. What a fascinating story. Is there more?

Interesting