Fun with Twenties

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kuss

A good salesman just has to make up a good story! Buyer beware.

I hear you Jeff; sadly, that's a lot of people's perception of a salesman. But as a guy who has spent many years in sales, I'd have to disagree. A BAD salesman is the one who has to make up stories or try to BS his way through questions he doesn't know the answer to. Good salesmen understand that they'll make a lot more sales telling the truth, and there's not a thing in the world wrong with saying, "I don't know, but I'll find out."

I always operate under the premise that my job is to find out if the buyer has a need (or a want!), and then my attitude is, "If my offering fits that need (or want), then let's see if we can come to terms."

Unfortunately, the guy in the shop was neither a good salesman nor a knowledgeable one. Sorry for the mini-rant here, but I've spent a lot of years trying to overcome the stereotype of "a salesman" !

[John Davis]

Don't get me wrong, I think a 20 gauge SBT is really cool and very rare, but I have to wonder why they ever made one to begin with.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by John Davis

Don't get me wrong, I think a 20 gauge SBT is really cool and very rare, but I have to wonder why they ever made one to begin with.

They made one because someone ordered it that way. If you or I were around back then John we would have been able to do just that; order what we want.

[John Davis]

No doubt. But the question remains. Why would a trap shooter back in the day want one any more than a trap shooter would want one ( for practical reasons) today?

[Bill Murphy]

Back in the day, just like today, trapshooting was and is not all competition for money or prizes. I have researched a bunch of trap guns whose owners don't show up in Interstate Association, American Trapshooting Association, or Amateur Trapshooting Association records, or show 100 birds and none afterward. Many shooters in the very early days of competitive trap and flyer events, many shooters used twelve gauge guns when tens were legal.

[John Davis]

Agreed. Kimble was a 10 gauge guy, only once they banned his choke bored 6 gauge muzzle loader. And Carver was a 12 bore gentleman, when 10's ruled the day. But, there's a pretty big difference between a 10 Vs 12 and a 12 Vs 20. Today the Parker 20 gauge SBT is a rare and valuable find that any Parker collector worth his salt would die to have as a part of their collection. But back in the day, it was an expensive novelty. So, who was the guy who first owned her? He had to be a fascinating character. As is her present owner

[John Davis]

As an afterthought. I wonder what Dr. Truitt's scores are 10 ga. Vs 12 ga.?