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03-02-2025, 12:15 PM
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I have or have had three or four Parkers shipped there.
In fact, I think I see Connecticut plates on that wagon… .
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03-02-2025, 06:13 PM
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Simmons was certainly a big deal in my Show-Me State, selling all sorts of sporting goods, including guns stamped with their own moniker.
I have some guns from Simmons, too. It must have been quite the business. I’ll bet Mr. Researcher has some good info.
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03-03-2025, 12:52 PM
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I was going to play but going through my letters I found that none of the Parkers I own were shipped to Simmons.
I wonder which wholesaler of Parkers was the farthest away from the factory in Meriden? |
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03-03-2025, 02:27 PM
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This one ordered by Simmons in 1899. The only one I possess that bears the Simmons name I believe.
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03-03-2025, 03:23 PM
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Probably equally big in St Louis was Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. that in 1910 bought the entire inventory of Remington break-action guns when Marcellus Hartley Dodge saw that Remington's shotgun future was with their John M. Browning designed autoloader and John D. Pedersen designed pump. |
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03-03-2025, 04:33 PM
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I've owned 2 Parkers which were shipped t Simmons:
1. 1894 12 gauge "O" with 30 inches twisted steel barrels (still in my vault, has killed multiple turkeys) 2. 1899 GH 16 gauge with 30 inch barrels (which I sold to Mills many years ago) |
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