Widgeon Duck Club guns

[TOOL MAN]

Nice pick-up, Kirch!! A storied gun beginning a whole new chapter on the marsh.
Hard to believe one actually escaped the clutches of "C- Note!"
Another "long iron" for the "Vandy" Pro Shop!
Can't wait to see some après hunt pics. Congrats.

PS--Put me down for a test-drive at the Bo-Whoop station next June.

[Opening Day]

Congrats Mark what a snag, but you do seem to find them Like others have said pictures........ Eric

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Congratulations.
I hope you got some provenance with it.

[Mark Kircher]

Thanks for the kind words guys! I am excited to have it. I will get some photos over the weekend and post early next week.

The gun is in great condition for an well used waterfowler - Can wait to lay down some ducks at Vanderbilt and make it a cost to coast gun!

[Mark Kircher]

George -

Yes I did - Hang tags & original photo of Mr. Hannah published in the "Baer" book, and an intertesting letter to Mr. Baer about the gun for his book -

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Mark that is awesome.

[Pa SxS]

I went through the research letter archives, reviewed the order books for these guns, and looked at TPS. Here is what I've found.

1. We have research letters for 4 of the guns so we know how many are known. They are 159076, 159077, 159093, and 163962.

2. TPS has a mistake in the table. 159092 has the name of L.J Foris, the correct name is L.J. Foin.

3. A research letter was written in 2011 and the name of the guy ordering the gun was misspelled. It was written as H.T. Willis when it should be H.T. Miller. I'll contact the research letter requester and see if he want's a corrected copy.

Sorry, I can't give you the names of those individuals that ordered the research letters.