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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
John D.
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One of the reasons I enjoy collecting these fine old guns. The great people you get to know, and the wealth of knowledge they share. I hope I can make it to the Southern next year.
I received an original red Silvers pad today, and will drop it off tomorrow at the Smiths. I will continue to look for a early gun with 34" barrels I can use. Thanks again for the information and camaraderie shared on this site.
Phil
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L.P.S. would be Lou Smith, I assume. Mr. Weir probably started his competitive trapshooting career in 1913, shooting 150 Interstate Association birds and averaging .7333. He did not shoot in 1914. In 1915, he shot 300 birds and averaged .8500. In 1916, he was shooting his new gun and shot 550 Interstate birds with an average of .7945. In 1917, he shot 300 birds again and averaged .7600. He apparently did not shoot in 1918, and by 1920, he had moved to Rockford, shot only 150 American Trapshooting Association birds but at an improved .8400 average. It seems he was not a consistent shooter and probably enjoyed shooting non competitive trap more than for money. An Illinois resident in those days had to compete against Mark Arie, Homer Clark, Horace Kirkwood, C.M. Powers, Tom Marshall, W.R. Crosby, J.R. Graham, all among the greatest shooters in the country at the time.
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