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07-03-2023, 08:33 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Here they are:
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07-03-2023, 10:39 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Very cool Tracy.
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07-04-2023, 12:55 AM | #5 | ||||||
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I wonder if that’s the one he supposedly shot loose ? By that I mean shot it so much until it was loose ?
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07-04-2023, 06:33 AM | #6 | ||||||
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What gauge?
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07-04-2023, 07:18 AM | #7 | ||||||
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What did the notches represent?
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07-04-2023, 07:34 AM | #8 | ||||||
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12 gauge. I assume the notches were for bucks taken. The gun was a gift to him as he left his teaching position in PA and was headed back to Hampton.
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07-04-2023, 07:56 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I had the fortune of arranging a meeting with Arch’s grandson many years ago at the Summer Place in McClellanville, SC and he let me view and handle the Parker. It’s a VH 12 ga. with 30 inch barrels. The notches were indeed for buck deer taken. Ill check my notes when I get home as to the number of notches. The gun was loose but not bad. I cannot tell you the feeling of awe I got shouldering that Parker. A true piece of American history.
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07-04-2023, 08:43 AM | #10 | ||||||
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I may be mistaken, but didn’t Dr. John Frierson write a Parker Pages article on two of Rutledge’s Parkers a number of years ago?
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