Father's Parker Research Letter

[Michael Linn]

First, thank you Mr. Bishop for such a timely reply to my request for a research letter for my father's Parker.

Although only a 16 gauge Trojan, it was carried by my father for over 40 years, and I have carried it for 28. This little gun has traveled from Maine to North Carolina in pursuit of grouse and woodcock. However, in it's checkered past, it has harvested almost everything from rabbits to turkeys and even one deer.

Father worked for the Reading Railroad as a bridge repair foreman, and bought the Trojan from an engineer. For years after the sale of the gun, whenever the engineer saw my father's crew working on a bridge, he would stop the train (Schedules be damned!) and try to buy the gun back.

This sweet 16 gauge Trojan will serve me till I can no longer hunt, and hopefully, by then, I will have found a suitable caretaker for her for the next 50 years.

This Parker has given both my father and I a lifetime of memories, and whenever I handle this little gun, I can see my father cradling the Trojan and hear his voice once more.