Provenance- What do you have in your safe?

[Bill Murphy]

Daryl will be glad to know that I am caring for the AHE Double Trap owned by Baltimore shooter Jack R. Groves, a member of the predecessor clubs to Daryl's Loch Raven Skeet and Trap. This gun's provenance goes back farther than Jack Groves, having been originally ordered by 15 year Pennsylvania Trapshooting Association secretary and Reading PA gun dealer, George Neubling. Also in my safe is George Neubling's 34" SC Grade single trap gun. It's amazing how close these guns stay to their original homes. Both guns were found within a few miles of Baltimore. It is also amazing how well these heavily used competition Parkers have held up over time.

[Double Lab]

I'm familiar with Mr. Groves but had no idea he shot a Parker. Good stuff Bill, I knew you would be the motherload of provenance.

[Double Lab]

Great stuff Edgar. Provenance is the best when you can link it with relatives.

[Bill Murphy]

My most heavily provenanced Parker is an eight gauge ordered by and owned and shot by a Nebraska homesteader. The family is a microcosm of early American farm and homesteading life. Obviously, the family used the gun extensively for prairie waterfowling. Later in life, when eight gauges were outlawed, they sent the gun back to Parker Brothers for 10 gauge 3 1/2" 34" Vulcan Steel barrels so the gun would still be useful and legal for waterfowl. I have the family history in my files and it is truly the most interesting piece of Parker history I have ever found. The owners are not only waterfowlers, but also appear in early ATA average books as somewhat active trapshooters. Unfortunately, the original eight gauge barrels are not with the gun.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

My W300 Dodge was originally bought and always used by the Idaho Fish and Game department.
It was used to stock fish in the mountains.
Now it's used to transport Charlie Purple.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Sorry Daryl. I love provenance on anything. Even old trucks. It took a long time to track down these pictures!!!

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

My W300 Dodge was originally bought and always used by the Idaho Fish and Game department.
It was used to stock fish in the mountains.
Now it's used to transport Charlie Purple.

That truck is way cool! What year is it. Engine, transmission?

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by todd allen

That truck is way cool! What year is it. Engine, transmission?

1970 318V8 4 speed PTO winch with 2 speed transfer case