What did Parker Bros do...

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Randy Davis

Have a SB grade SBT that letters to Winchester Repeating Arms and later returned for credit...

Trap3

Winchester, Remington, Peters, and other ammo manufacturers often ordered other manufacturer's guns for the purpose of testing new loads.

(Why they didn't simply use guns they manufactured is a mystery.)





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[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

(Why they didn't simply use guns they manufactured is a mystery.)


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I believe in Winchester’s case they were trying to prove the superiority of the model 21 design.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

I believe in Winchester’s case they were trying to prove the superiority of the model 21 design.

well - i think the model 21 was first sold in 1931, so many of the Parkers made during the rush of shotshell development predate it

i agree with Dean that guns were used as testing platforms

off the Parker topic- but in line with this sub tangent -

My Super Fox was one of the early ones - it was shipped to VL&D where a Mr. L. A. Miller ( i have been unable to find any data on him-would love to know why he had a new type of gun for it's first season) picked it up within a couple days of its arrival in October

and then Mr Miller returned the gun to the store at the end of season from where it was sent 2 1/2 blocks down the street to Winchester -

Unfortunately the Winchester records in the Cody Museum do not include the NYC store's data.