The ones that got away

[Phil Yearout]

Kinda regret selling my late FIL's Fox Model B but my MIL needed the money more than I needed the gun. Have only ever sold a couple of others and I bought 'em to sell, so no. Now, guitars and banjos...

[Researcher]

Probably my worst "got away" was at the Syracuse show a good 25 years ago. I was examining a C-Grade Three-Barrel Gun Co. single barrel trap gun. While pondering it I set it back in the rack. An arm reached by me, grabbed the C-grade and never put it back.

1908 Three-Barrel Gun Co. catalog page 18 & 19.jpeg

I've never seen another.

[Pa SxS]

Dave, you may not remember but I told you years ago that I had a C grade Three Barrel Gun Co gun. It was falling apart. I contacted Frank Conley about it and he asked me to send it to him which I did. He wanted it to photograph in case he revised his book. He recommended it be sent to Maurice Mudges in up state NY for repair. I got the gun back about 1 year later. I donated the gun to the ATA museum. It's still there. Mike Franzen and John Davis saw it this year.
Now I wish I had never donated it!!!

[Bill Murphy]

Herb Parsons' Model 12. Now there's a shotgun I would never sell. 1 gun I let slip through my fingers was the CHE #1 frame vent rib 28" bird gun that Josh has now. It was once General Billy Mitchell's gun and I made a deal for it for $1000 and the seller welshed on the sale. My biggest disappointments were cars and motorcycles I let go for no money. A family '55 Porche Speedster that had never spent a night outdoors, my dad's '58 Corvette, two Suburbans and a Blazer that turned into cult cars, my '74 Country Squire 460, another cult vehicle, and my Harley Low Rider that Linda made me sell to save my life.

[Trap3]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Dave, you may not remember but I told you years ago that I had a C grade Three Barrel Gun Co gun. It was falling apart. I contacted Frank Conley about it and he asked me to send it to him which I did. He wanted it to photograph in case he revised his book. He recommended it be sent to Maurice Mudges in up state NY for repair. I got the gun back about 1 year later. I donated the gun to the ATA museum. It's still there. Mike Franzen and John Davis saw it this year.
Now I wish I had never donated it!!!

Chuck, Mr. Mudges did a wonderful job on the restoration of your C grade.
Very nice donation to the HOF...
1908 Catalog List price for Grade C... $80

RD

[Pa SxS]

Randy, I'll send you a PM tomorrow.