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Drew Hause 01-16-2025 04:39 PM

Parker Shooter at the GAH
 
This picture is at the ATA HOF in Sparta, but I don't have the caption nor do I know the shooter. Looks to be a straight stock. Very likely a professional rep for Hercules powder.
Ellis F Haak won the 1921 Grand American with a Parker SBT but I don't have an image of him.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trap-Skee...0Shooter-M.png

Ken Descovich 01-16-2025 07:00 PM

Haak photo
 
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Here is what I have from the book "The Grand"

Chuck Bishop 01-16-2025 09:09 PM

Surprised you don't know this guy Drew. It's Johnny Jahn who is in the ATA Hall of Fame. He was a professional shooter for Hercules Powder.

https://traphof.org/inductees/details/1/75-jahn-johnny

John Davis 02-05-2025 07:42 AM

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Parker shooter at the Grand American

Jeff Christie 02-08-2025 06:18 PM

Johnny Jahn was from Spirit like Iowa. So was Fred Gilbert and Bob Allen. All three are in the trap Hall of Fame. Shame on me— I’m from Spirit Lake too and I didn’t recognize him either.

Drew Hause 02-08-2025 06:34 PM

After the 1899 GAH Fred Gilbert switched from a Smith to a Parker
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/43586
Order Book No. 41 records BH SN 83855 placed into stock in Jan., 1896 consigned to Fred Gilbert. The stock book lists a D5 hammerless, 0 extras, Straight Stock, 12 gauge, 30" barrels, Damascus barrels.

Toward the end of 1901, Gilbert received his new Parker DH SN 103649; no dolls head, no ejectors, 32” barrels, ordered by Russell Klein, Gilbert’s brother-in-law
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/41367
#103649 went back to Parker for repair in 1902; Order book #59, page 190.

Gilbert, Russell Klein and John Burmister operated the Okoboji trap club in Spirit Lake.
Both Klein and Burmister were accomplished shooters and Klein used a Smith at the 1899 GAH
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/43586
then a Parker
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/43599
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/40027
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/40273
Klein was a DuPont professional representative in 1908 and was still competing in 1916

Drew Hause 02-09-2025 06:36 AM

Iowa had a number of turn-of-the-century "Top Guns"; in addition to Fred Gilbert “The Wizard of Spirit Lake” there was Charles Grimm, Charles “Iowa Indian” Budd, William Ridley, Joe Kautzky, William Hoon, R.R. Barber & O.N. Ford

Bill Murphy 02-09-2025 09:20 AM

Marie Kautsky Grant is in the ATA Hall of Fame. I think she was from Iowa.

Drew Hause 02-09-2025 09:53 AM

Yep, and at some point was using a Parker

https://photos.smugmug.com/Shooters/...0Kautzky-M.png

CraigThompson 02-09-2025 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy (Post 425116)
Marie Kautsky Grant is in the ATA Hall of Fame. I think she was from Iowa.

Did she shoot one of the SC 20’s you claim to have ?


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