There is another gunsmith, other than Bill Humphrey, who worked for Townsend Whelen at Parker-Whelen on 14th Street in DC, but I don't recall his name right now. Humphrey, Whelen, General Billy Mitchell, Ben Toxvard, and many other Parker and custom rifle guys in the DC area owned many weird and wonderful Parkers, including Colonel Whelen's Curtis try gun, which I now own. As Kevin McCormack mentions, Walter Chrysler was also a prolific shotgun collector, and probably had local connections with the other names mentioned.
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