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There will be a forthcoming Parker Pages article (hopefully in the Winter 2017 Issue) about that one Brett - pictures and all.
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My VH 20 was delivered to a Mr Adams in Osterville MA. September 1917. 32" barrels chambered 2 7/8" Full and Full with Lyman sights. Sure wish I had a first name. It was ordered by Iver Johnson sporting Goods in Boston.
I have always figured it was orded by a duck hunter. It is on a 1 frame and is an even 7 lbs. |
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Phil, it shouldn't be hard to find info on this Mr Adams. Even without a first name you may be able to come up with something. US Census records, Osterville Historical Society...
Osterville is a very small community on the south side of Barnstable on the edge of Nantucket Sound. Population in 2010 was fewer than 4,000 people. Mr. Adams may have been the only adult male with that name in 1917. I'm sure he was a waterfowl man - Osterville is a town of marshland and estuarine areas Hmmm... maybe a side trip while you're in Boston? It's only 70 miles from Boston to Osterville.... 1 hour, 17 minutes. .
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1 hr 17 min only if not on a summer Friday afternoon
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When I was a young man, I worked for the Steamship Authority, which was the quasi state run ferry service to the Islands. My first year down there, I bought a Crosby Striper, a 24' traditional inboard bass boat, made by the Crosby Yacht yard in Osterville. For the seven seasons I worked on the cape, I kept it at Crosby's yard, when I went south to work on ocean going tug boats for the winter. Osterville is one of the most quaint, small villages on the cape, and most often missed by the furious paced tourists today; and that's a good thing.
I have no doubt, a visit would yield you some information. http://www.ostervillemuseum.org/history.html I swear I can smell that wonderful salt air. |
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I hope Phil is able to fit a short visit to Osterville into his itinerary.
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If time allows It would be pretty neat place to visit.
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looking forward to seeing and hearing about these long barrel beauty s dean...phil i hope you find more info on your gun i really like hearing about these guns travals and owners....charlie
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