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Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack
Thanks Dean for the great history and detailed provenance on this gun. Wish that we had this type of verification/documentation for all those "mystery" engraved shields on these guns. Just goes to show what an incredible value a PGCA letter can be for these treasures!!
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Indeed Kevin!
Once I found out the name of the buyer and that tiny tidbit from Mark about the other Parker he had ordered, it really opened the storm gates to my investigation of just who Henry and Jessie Bishop were. I contacted the Bridgeport Historical Society and was overwhelmed by the reams of information they provided and I just kept digging from there. There is so much more but I can write but I think it will be encapsulated in a future Double Gun Journal article.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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