Parker with gold Inlay

[CSL]

Chris,
Both myself and fellow PGCA member Bill Murphy have done some past research on the Dupont Powders Atlantic City trap shooting school at the end of Young's pier... I'm just just curious, is there any mention in your Parker letter of "Jack Fanning" or "Lou Parker"?...

I wonder if perhaps your gun was intended as a promotional prize/trophy, or maybe it was just good advertising by Parker Bros to gift a gun for use at the Dupont school so the Parker name (in-Gold) could be noticed at a high traffic venue of amateur shooting sports... Smart marketing, sell more guns... There were a lot of women who shot at the end of Young's Pier during that time period, and given the smaller gauge of the 20-bore mentioned here, I would not be surprised to find out that "F. B. Potts" was actually a young lady shooter...

You have a very interesting Parker Chris, what are some of the overall dimensions of your gun, barrel length, stock, frame size, and do you have more photos with a better close-up of the "F.B. Potts. 717" area?...

Best, CSL
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[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Christopher Lien

Chris,
Both myself and fellow PGCA member Bill Murphy have done some past research on the Dupont Powders Atlantic City trap shooting school at the end of Young's pier... _____________________________
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Chris, Chris, maybe you all and Bill could do a Parker Pages article on the subject with photos of some of the guns used?

[Drew Hause]

Some Jack Fanning infro here, with a pic of he and Neaf Apgar courtesy of Chris. A flinch ended his career as a competitor.
https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfg2hmx7_319dj27s2ch

[Chris Davis]

I appreciate all the responses to my question. I'll try to get a better picture of the stampings and a scan of the letter later today and post them. Here's a photo of the letter. I think you will be able to read it.

[Bill Murphy]

Sorry, Bruce, but I was in the middle of the research project when I needed some minor access to the PGCA research collection. The board of directors and the research committee refused that access and the project ended. Maybe Chris Lien and I will prepare an article for the Double Gun Journal. I'm sure most of our members are subscribers to that publication. Thanks for asking, though.