Live Bird Gun?

[Dean Romig]

The vast majority of twelve gauge Parker doubles were made with thirty-inch barrels and many were used in shooting live bird competitions as well as trap shooting with clays. These guns didn't necessarily have a hard rubber buttplate with the flying pigeon.
Parker Bros. made promotional guns with the flying pigeon buttplate that had the words "The Parker" above and "Trap Gun" below the flying pigeon. Folsom for a short time was the only supplier of these guns and the ones they sold were ordered from PB with "The Folsom" above and "Trap Gun" below. There are no known hammerless Parkers with the flying pigeon buttplate.

So, not all Parker trap guns had the flying pigeon buttplate - only a relatively small number of promotional guns as well as those ordered by Folsom had the flying pigeon buttplate.

All this according to The Parker Story.

There are pictures of both of these styles of flying pigeon buttplates in TPS.





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[Bill Murphy]

Dean, I don't recall any of the pigeon buttplates having "The Folsom" embossed on the buttplate. However, your statement that the pigeon buttplate had nothing to do with live pigeon guns was correct. I am not familiar with any dedicated live pigeon gun sporting the "pigeon" buttplate.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Dean, I don't recall any of the pigeon buttplates having "The Folsom" embossed on the buttplate.

I stand corrected - Thanks Bill. I thought I had a picture or two with Folsom on the buttplate but apparently I don't. And there is no reference in TPS of such a buttplate. Apologies to all.






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