Circa 1900-05 Live Bird gun

[John Davis]

Can't seem to copy and paste this article so the columns line up but perhaps you can extract the info. This gives you an idea of what the trap shooters and pigeon poppers preferred at the turn of the last century.

November 23, 1901, The Sportsmen’s Review, in an article written by Gaucho entitled, “A Few Remarks on Some Celebrated Guns,” du Bray lists some prominent shooters and the type of guns they used. Those who made the Parker their choice of weapon were as follows:

Name, Make, Barrel Length, Weight, DAC, DAH, Stock Length, Grip
W. E. Beesom Parker 32" 7' 15" 1 7/16 2 1/4 14 ½ St.
W. L. Boyd Parker 32" 7' 14" 1 ½ 2 1/8 14 1/8 St.
C. W. Budd Parker 30" 7' 15" 1 ½ 2 14 P.
W. H. Colquitt Parker 30" 7' 12" 1 1/4 2 1/4 14 3/4 St.
V. C. Dagan Parker 30" 8' 1 3/8 3 14 ½ P.
O. R. Dickey Parker 30" 7' 14" 1 5/8 2 1/4 14 St.
E. E. Ellis Parker 32" 8' 1 5/8 2 5/8 14 ½ P.
F. C. Etheridge Parker 30" 7' 6" 2 1/8 3 1/8 14 ½ P.
A. H. Frank Parker 30" 7' 12" 1 1/8 2 3/8 14 St.
Fred Gilbert Parker 30" 7' 14" 1 3/8 2 14 1/4 P.
W. A. Hammond Parker 32" 7' 15" 1 5/8 2 3/8 14 3/4 St.
Jno. W. Harrison Parker 28" 6' 1 ½ 2 ½ 14 P.
Sam Hutchings Parker 32" 7' 14" 1 ½ 2 ½ 14 ½ St.
J. F. Jordan Parker 26" 5 3/4 2 3 14 St.
H. J. Lyons Parker 30" 7' 10" 1 1/4 1 7/8 14 1/8 St.
Geo. S. McAlpin Parker 7' 6" 1 1/4 1 3/4 14 ½ St.
J. R. Malone Parker 30" 7' 15" 1 ½ 2 15 St.
R. R. Merrill Parker 32" 7' 14" 1 5/8 2 5/8 14 5/8 ½ P.
F. S. Parmelee Parker 32" 7' 12" 1 ½ 2 14 ½ P.
C. M. Powers Parker 32" 7' 15" 1 1/8 2 1/4 14 3/8 St.
W. C. Rawson Parker 32" 7' 15" 1 3/8 2 14 1/8 St.
R. S. Rhoads Parker 30" 7' 15" 1 1/8 2 1/8 14 ½ P.
C. E. Robbins Parker 32" 7' 11" 1 ½ 2 ½ 14 1/4 P.
Frank Simpson Parker 32" 7' 14" 1 ½ 2 3/8 14 3/8 St.
Franklin Stearns Parker 32" 7' 15" 1 ½ 2 ½ 15 ½ P.
E. H. Tripp Parker 30" 8' 1 ½ 2 5/8 14 ½ St.
S. A. Tucker Parker 30" 7' 14" 1 ½ 2 14 St.
D. A. Upson Parker 26" 7' 1 1/4 2 14 1/4 ½ P.
R. Van Gilder Parker 27" 6" 2' 1 5/8 3 1/8 14 1/4 St.
Wm. Wagner Parker 30" 7" 10' 1 1/4 2 1/4 14 St.
Dr. F. C. Wilson Parker 32" 7" 10' 1 ½ 2 1/4 15 St.
Leroy Woodward Parker 30" 7" 13' 1 3/8 2 14 1/4 P.