So Destry's name will be deleted from the list of those interested in a box of the Bartholomew ammunition stash, at his request. I see that Dave Noreen doesn't choose to be on the list either. However, I will be offering Harry B. Hawes' 20 gauge Model 21 for sale at the Northeast Side by Side shoot. It is a 1933 Tournament Grade two barrel set, restocked at the factory in fifties vintage style, and probably reblued at the same time. The barrels are 30" Full and Full, and 26" WS1 and WS2. The gun is lettered 1933 to Parker Whelen, 14th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. for delivery to Harry B. Hawes. This Harry Hawes lettered Model 21 has more provenance than the Bartholomew shells, I think. No Cody letter on the ammunition, only my opinion that John Olin may have been gifting ammunition to Nash Buckingham because of his contribution to the early and continued research on those shells, but hardly to Henry A. Bartholomew, who John Olin probably never met. Oh, well, I enjoy my own "stuff" and don't feel the need to force others to enjoy the same "stuff". I'm glad I have not been caught badmouthing the collections or interests of others. I've just never seen the need to do so. I like everybody's "stuff".
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