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No hits in the Sporting Life archives which end about 1915, and not mentioned here in 1910
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5514025.pdf
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10-19-2011, 05:23 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Chris,
Both myself and fellow PGCA member Bill Murphy have done some past research on the Dupont Powders Atlantic City trap shooting school at the end of Young's pier... I'm just just curious, is there any mention in your Parker letter of "Jack Fanning" or "Lou Parker"?... I wonder if perhaps your gun was intended as a promotional prize/trophy, or maybe it was just good advertising by Parker Bros to gift a gun for use at the Dupont school so the Parker name (in-Gold) could be noticed at a high traffic venue of amateur shooting sports... Smart marketing, sell more guns... There were a lot of women who shot at the end of Young's Pier during that time period, and given the smaller gauge of the 20-bore mentioned here, I would not be surprised to find out that "F. B. Potts" was actually a young lady shooter... You have a very interesting Parker Chris, what are some of the overall dimensions of your gun, barrel length, stock, frame size, and do you have more photos with a better close-up of the "F.B. Potts. 717" area?... Best, CSL _____________________________ . |
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Chris, Chris, maybe you all and Bill could do a Parker Pages article on the subject with photos of some of the guns used? |
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10-19-2011, 10:42 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Some Jack Fanning infro here, with a pic of he and Neaf Apgar courtesy of Chris. A flinch ended his career as a competitor.
https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfg2hmx7_319dj27s2ch
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10-19-2011, 07:13 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Gold inlay or not, that is a very pretty script used to write 'Parker Bros'.
I don't see how you can qualify the 'only D grade made with gold inlay' claim. Maybe you can say ' the only D Grade known to me with gold inlay'. |
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10-19-2011, 07:38 AM | #9 | ||||||
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So, you have a PGCA letter? Can you post a scan of the letter? In my files I have a copy of an order for a 20 gauge Dupont Shooting School gun. I wonder if the serial number matches your gun? What is your number? I also know of a nice Dupont Shooting School 12 gauge. Maybe Chris Lein would post a picture of it. I believe he has a picture in his collection.
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10-19-2011, 08:03 AM | #10 | ||||||
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I think this Parker belongs in the "Parkers Found."
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