A.W. du Bray's great grandson

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Any idea why 95,000 & 94520 are listed as 12ga. guns in the serialization book?

Edgar, in Dave's article he lists 95000 as a possibly rebarreled 20 gauge and and 95420 as a 28 gauge ordered by Shoverling, Daly and Gales on Feb. 6, 1900.

The appearance of 94520 on the list was a keystroke error by me and has since been corrected.





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[Bill Murphy]

Dave did not list 95,000 as a possible rebarrel of a 20 gauge. He made the statement that 28 gauges between 94,000 and 95,000 were possible rebarrels. He did not list 94,000 or 95,000 as individual guns, only a range of serial numbers. By the way, my 97,032 is in the February 20, 1900 William Wagner order that includes the seventh through the tenth known 28 gauges. It is quite a nice VH, formerly owned by famous gun dealer and Parker collector Norman Strebe, shot on a regular basis. Norman's business was a mile or less from the William Wagner store.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Dave did not list 95,000 as a possible rebarrel of a 20 gauge. He made the statement that 28 gauges between 94,000 and 95,000 were possible rebarrels. He did not list 94,000 or 95,000 as individual guns, only a range of serial numbers.

Nit-picking Bill?...

If he had listed 9400X to 9500X I could agree with you but IMO where specific serial numbers are written then those two serial numbers are included in the range of guns that may possibly have been rebarreled to 28 gauge.

No offense intended my friend.





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[David Noble]

Apparently, (and obviously) Mr. Sexson's only interest in coming to this forum was to establish a value and sell the Grade 7 gun. Admittedly, his first post spoke to that intention.
I think it a bit rude that he never followed up on the forum to post pictures or update those that took an interest and offered help. After the sale of the firearm he could have updated the forum and thanked all that helped.
I wonder if the gun sold through Josh or if it went to an auction house.
Dean, I'm going to go through my back issues of Parker Pages to see your story and pictures of the gun.

[Dean Romig]

David, it was just a few days ago when he stated he intended to post up pictures of the other gun (not the grade 7 hammer gun) and I think we need to give him the benefit of the doubt and wait another week or so before we disparage his intentions. When he first came on with this very thread four years ago he really didn’t know how our web forum was set up and we know most newcomers here rarely read the small print about gun sales and trolling… and he’s definitely not a troll but a genuine aficionado of duBray’s Parker.
And I’m willing to wait several weeks for pics of the BH 28 in the hope that we haven’t scared him away.


Oops… Mr. Finnerty offered to post pics of the 28 gauge BHE, not Mr. Sexton. My mistake?



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[David Noble]

Yes Dean, your mistake. I was speaking only of Mr Sexson.
Mr. Sexson never responded after the 8th day of his joining the PGCA and never renewed his membership. Once he got the info and contacts he needed, he never added anything else.
I too am looking forward to pictures of Mr. Finnerty’s BHE 28 ga.

[Dean Romig]

Regarding the pigeon competition trophy that duBray won, this is the only picture of it that Mr. Sexson ever sent me in preparation for the article. Unfortunately, due to space limitations, it was only published in Parker Pages as a 1" x 1" image on the page.

Triple click on image for full enlargement.

Credit to Morphy Auctions for the picture of the gun.


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[Kevin Finnerty]

Another one of Arthur du Bray’s tempting “sales tools”

This one a Rare 28 Gauge Straight Grip BHE #97426

Likely one of the First Titanic Steel 28 Gauge BH Grade Parkers ever built....

Lots of details to discuss...

And I’m sure some controversy and “Intellectual Parker Banter” will follow..

Enjoy,

And imagine an appointment to shoot with Captain du Bray
...back in the Fall of 1900

[Dean Romig]

A fabulous gun - Thank-you Kevin!





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[Mills]

An amazing gun!