Research Letter Received!

[Dane Atkinson]

Could not wait to get the mail today! Here it is! Whats interesting is that I currently live in Duluth, MN....

Pictures of gun can be found here ------> http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...652#post100652

[Roundsworth]

Awesome letter, Dane! The letter for my 6 frame 10 specified names and locations, also. What's cool is the fact that your gun is still in Duluth. There are not too many PGCA members up here. I am in Hibbing, one member is in Ely, and you. Welcome aboard.

[Dane Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Mark Landskov

Awesome letter, Dane! The letter for my 6 frame 10 specified names and locations, also. What's cool is the fact that your gun is still in Duluth. There are not too many PGCA members up here. I am in Hibbing, one member is in Ely, and you. Welcome aboard.

Thanks Mark. Your last name sounds familiar. Do you shoot at O.V.T?

Some people I talked to were skeptical of the monte carlo being original. Good to see it is! Here is my previous post w/ photos. http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9970

[Dane Atkinson]

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[Bill Murphy]

JHS is probably professional shooter J.H. Stair of Crookston, Minnesota. He was still shooting many hundreds and thousands of targets per year into the teens, maybe later.

[Dean Romig]

You hit the jackpot Dane! You're one of the lucky ones.

Now you need to find out who or what the JHS represents.

[Dane Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

You hit the jackpot Dane! You're one of the lucky ones.

Now you need to find out who or what the JHS represents.

Dean, you seem very educated in Parkers. Is there anything uncommon or rare about this gun after reading the letter?

[Dean Romig]

Dane - There are several 'uncommon' things about your Parker. The letter that Chuck put together for you contains some very desirable information about the very specific instructions that Parker Bros. received. The DAH, DAC, LOP, Drop at end of butt, trigger pull weight, chamber length, Monte Carlo, Silvers pad, engraving instructions... literally everything about your letter is what we all hope and dream for when we send for a research letter. Yes, your Parker is very uncommon but equally desirable is that wonderful letter.

Best, Dean

[Dane Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Dane - There are several 'uncommon' things about your Parker. The letter that Chuck put together for you contains some very desirable information about the very specific instructions that Parker Bros. received. The DAH, DAC, LOP, Drop at end of butt, trigger pull weight, chamber length, Monte Carlo, Silvers pad, engraving instructions... literally everything about your letter is what we all hope and dream for when we send for a research letter. Yes, your Parker is very uncommon but equally desirable is that wonderful letter.

Best, Dean

Thank you for all of the help!

[Bill Murphy]

The Monte Carlo stock is very rare in that era and still quite scarce later on. The fact that your gun belonged to a very prolific professional shooter of the time makes it interesting to those who collect early competition guns. Mr. Stair was apparently a trade representative, but I don't know for whom. Harry E. Stair, of the same town, was a representative for Peters Cartridge Company. I would assume that J.H. Stair may have represented Peters also. He shot Peters cartridges at one shoot in which he placed high. He was near the top in many shoots he attended, including one where he was second place for a Smith shotgun and one in which he was second place for a Parker shotgun. All these references are from la84.com, Shooting Life magazine.