Burt Becker
 

I just reread in George Bird Evans best of Nash Buckingham that Buckingham claimed he was told Burt Becker at one time worked for Parker and was supposedly the one that made the Parkers for the Colombian Exposition . I am wondering if this is known to be true or known to be false ?

He worked for/at Parkers for a short period. Haven't heard the rest that though.





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The details about Mr. Becker’s career received some attention last year.

https://parkerguns.org/forums/showth...ht=Burt+Becker

I also reread in the book that the guy in the car with Nash when he lost his cannon was a Cliff Green I am assuming that was the same person as J.Cliff Green that had the two Gun four barrel Parker BHE skeet set built .

Photograph of what I read .

Right Craig, he worked for/at Parker Bros. For a period during which time he may have “made” the Columbian Exposition…….

Are all of those paragraphs on the depicted page actual quotes of a real person? Who wrote that rubbish? There are so many unsupported claims about which guns actually? In some cases when referring to a gun’s features he doesn’t even identify which gun he’s talking about. Some of that “information” is so far out of context it’s hard to believe any of his other claims





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The way it’s presented it’s supposed to be what Buckingham was telling someone of which GBE got from the letters . And that page came from the book pictured below .

Yes Craig. I have a couple of copies of that book. And I understand where it came from but in so many ways it is hearsay and in other ways, to me, it’s gibberish because specific guns aren’t identified.





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Craig, I think the Cliff Greens were one and the same. The Cliff Green who owned the pair of Parker BHE skeet guns was a serious Maryland waterfowler who was probably with Nash when "they" lost Bo Whoop.

Some of the old outdoor writers stretched the truth a bit. IMHO