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Unread 10-20-2011, 02:01 PM   #14
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Well, that was Nash Buckingham from his story "Are We All Shooting Eight Gauge Guns?" when he recounts the time Mr. Hooker who was a rep for Western Cartridge Co. as well as a reknown duck call maker, came into NB's sporting goods shop in Memphis and dropped off some prototype Super X loads and a pre-production A.H. Fox HE at the behest of his boss (and later Nash's) John Olin. According to Nash, they worked out very well! So the legend of Becker, Askins, Olin and the big Fox and Super X partnership began. Below a Perry Hooker call worth about 3 Fox HEs...
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