Questions about an 1894 Parker Brothers with Damascus steel

[Drew Hause]

Sporting Life did not document the guns, powder and shells for the GAH until 1896
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...oll17/id/47169

March 2, 1894 Riverton vs. Carteret
Fred Hoey - Purdey, 7# 8 oz., 48 gr. “Schultz”
Charles Macalester - Purdey, 7# 5 oz., 50 gr. “Schultz”
Capt. A.W. Money - Greener, 7# 8 oz., 45 gr. “E.C.”
George Work - Purdey, 7# 8 oz., 48 gr.
Edgar Murphy - Parker, 7# 6 oz., 42 gr.
T.S. Dando - Parker, 7# 6 oz., 3 1/2 Drams
H.Y. Dolan - Scott, 7# 8 oz., 48 gr.
R.A. Welsh - Churchill, 7# 9 oz., 49 gr.

February 23, 1895 Sporting Life Keystone Crow Shoot
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...id/55021/rec/8
1 1/4 oz. loads and no black powder
Mott shot a Greener gun with 48 grs. E.C. powder.
Bergner shot a LeFever gun with 48 grs. E.C. powder.
Jones used a Clabrough gun with 48 grs. E.C. powder.
Leonard shot a Wesley Richards gun with 45 grs. E.C. powder.
W. H. Wolstencroft shot a Francotte gun and 48 grs. American Wood Powder.
Budd used a Parker gun and 52 grs. E.C. powder.
Landis shot an L.C. Smith gun with 48 grs. E.C. powder.
Thurman used an L.C. Smith gun with 50 grs. American Wood Powder.
Leaming shot an L.C. Smith gun with 48 grs. E.C. powder.
Isaac Wolstencroft shot a Greener gun with 52 grs. Schultz powder.
Davids used an L.C. Smith gun and 47 grs. E.C. powder.
Edwards shot a Cla*brough gun and 48 grs. E.C. powder.
James Wolstencroft shot a Greener gun and 50 grs. E.C. powder.
Ed Hill used an L.C. Smith gun, 10 bore, and 52 grs. E.C. powder.
Zweilin used an L.C. Smith gun and 48 grs. E.C. powder.
Morfey shot a Greener gun with 49 grs. E.C. powder.
Rothacker used a Colt's gun with 56 grs. (4 Dr. Eq.) Schultz powder.
Hothersoll shot an L.C. Smith gun with 50 grs. American Wood Powder.
W. M. Pack shot a Greener gun with 52 grs. Schultz powder.
(Capt. A.W.) Money shot a Greener gun with 49 grs. E.C. powder.
W. H. Pack shot a Francotte gun with 50 grs. Schultz.
Treadway used a Greener gun with 48 grs. E.C. powder.

NOT light loads

Grains = Dram Equivalence c. 1895
(by 1900 “E.C.” and “Schultze” were equivalent at 14 grains/dram)

…………..“E.C.”…..”Schultze”
3 Dr. Eq……44………..42
3 1/4……….45.5………45
3 1/2……….49…….…..48
3 3/4……….53…….…..51

First Grand Smokeless Championship Handicap Live-bird Tournament given by the E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. Oct., 1895
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col...id/53099/rec/2