Research Letter Received!

[Dean Romig]

Dane - There are several 'uncommon' things about your Parker. The letter that Chuck put together for you contains some very desirable information about the very specific instructions that Parker Bros. received. The DAH, DAC, LOP, Drop at end of butt, trigger pull weight, chamber length, Monte Carlo, Silvers pad, engraving instructions... literally everything about your letter is what we all hope and dream for when we send for a research letter. Yes, your Parker is very uncommon but equally desirable is that wonderful letter.

Best, Dean

[Dane Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Dane - There are several 'uncommon' things about your Parker. The letter that Chuck put together for you contains some very desirable information about the very specific instructions that Parker Bros. received. The DAH, DAC, LOP, Drop at end of butt, trigger pull weight, chamber length, Monte Carlo, Silvers pad, engraving instructions... literally everything about your letter is what we all hope and dream for when we send for a research letter. Yes, your Parker is very uncommon but equally desirable is that wonderful letter.

Best, Dean

Thank you for all of the help!

[Bill Murphy]

The Monte Carlo stock is very rare in that era and still quite scarce later on. The fact that your gun belonged to a very prolific professional shooter of the time makes it interesting to those who collect early competition guns. Mr. Stair was apparently a trade representative, but I don't know for whom. Harry E. Stair, of the same town, was a representative for Peters Cartridge Company. I would assume that J.H. Stair may have represented Peters also. He shot Peters cartridges at one shoot in which he placed high. He was near the top in many shoots he attended, including one where he was second place for a Smith shotgun and one in which he was second place for a Parker shotgun. All these references are from la84.com, Shooting Life magazine.

[Pa SxS]

I was thinking while I was looking at the records that he hit a "Home Run."

It's nice to do that kind of letter, sometimes you strike out, sometimes you hit the jackpot.

Contrats, Dane!

[Dane Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

The Monte Carlo stock is very rare in that era and still quite scarce later on. The fact that your gun belonged to a very prolific professional shooter of the time makes it interesting to those who collect early competition guns. Mr. Stair was apparently a trade representative, but I don't know for whom. Harry E. Stair, of the same town, was a representative for Peters Cartridge Company. I would assume that J.H. Stair may have represented Peters also. He shot Peters cartridges at one shoot in which he placed high. He was near the top in many shoots he attended, including one where he was second place for a Smith shotgun and one in which he was second place for a Parker shotgun. All these references are from la84.com, Shooting Life magazine.

How do you find all of this info? Do you think it is true that this belonged to a professional shooter named J.H. Stair? Or a the initials a coincidence?

[Bill Murphy]

The Monte Carlo stock is very rare in that era and still quite scarce later on. The fact that your gun belonged to a very prolific professional shooter of the time makes it interesting to those who collect early competition guns. Mr. Stair was apparently a trade representative, but I don't know for whom. Harry E. Stair, of the same town, was a representative for Peters Cartridge Company. I would assume that J.H. Stair may have represented Peters also. He shot Peters cartridges at one shoot in which he placed high. He was near the top in many shoots he attended, including one where he was second place for a Smith shotgun and one in which he was second place for a Parker shotgun. All these references are from la84.com, Shooting Life magazine.