GEORGE WORTHINGTON COMPANY

[Bill Murphy]

Google will tell you more about this company and the man than you will ever want to know. His name is all over the Parker Brothers order books. You can probably search him on la84foundation.com also. George E. Worthington was a pigeon shooter of note in the nineties and around the turn of the century. This sounds like it may be George's gun rather than a customer's gun. The company was apparently still in the hands of George Worthington through several generations. Good luck with further research. Early sporting publications rarely mention the type and brand of gun used by shooters, but you may get lucky. That particular George Worthington was the son of Ralph Worthington. Ralph shot under the name "Red Wing" When searching, remember that there is some record about guns used in early Grand Americans in early sporting publications. Ralph shot Winchester pump guns at some times in his career.