Widgon Duck Club

[John Davis]

Well, it's not California but:

December 13, 1902, The Sportsmen’s Review, “Capt. A. W. DuBray (‘Gaucho’), whose entertaining sketch descriptive of trap shooting, field and duck shooting in the Canadian Northwest, appears in this week’s issue, adds this comment: ‘It may interest some of my readers to know that barring part of one day only while duck shooting in Canada, and simply because I had no ammunition for it at hand, I used my old full choke 20-gauge 30-inch barrel Parker gun and Winchester factory loaded Leader shells. The most skeptical regarding the use of so narrow a gauge were instantly converted, and many have resolved on giving both gun and ammunition a thorough trial next season, when I am sure, if they follow my lead, they will never regret making the change, it being apparent to all that both are unsurpassed of their kind.”

[MarketHunter]

Murphy you've got a much information on this sort of thing as anybody. Why don't you publish?

Destry

[Bill Murphy]

Destry, I really don't have anything on Hedderly except one article that pictures him with the famous 16 gauge. I can't remember whether it was a DHE or an A-1 Special. When we copied the records in 1998, we discovered the Hedderly orders, one of the most interesting set of orders in 30,000 pages. Another great duck gun discovery was the Seward Webb trio of big graded hammer guns. I wish I had enough information on Hedderly to publish, but I think McCormack and Noreen would be better choices.