Origin of Skeet

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Drew Hause

Another Foster National Sportsman skeet related cover. Would the background be the Remington Gun Club in Lordship, Connecticut?

I think it is Lordship Drew. The estuary of the mouth of the Housatonic River in the background and the smokestacks of industrial Stratford CT on the horizon.




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[Mills]

That is excellent! Dean, you ought to write a piece on skeet and W H Foster for the DGJ. It would be great

[Drew Hause]

33'

And yep regarding the attire

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Mills. I think Brother Drew covered that both in his Damascus Knowledge web page as well as contributions to DGJ. I could be wrong about DGJ though. I'll have to check back in my DGJ Readers to see.
I'd love to go to that property with my metal detector and look for that old rusty Expert trap machine. Now that would be a fine display piece for my gun room.

There's a lot to know about the history of Skeet and I think I've only scratched the surface as far as that history goes here in Andover but I've always got my eyes and ears open.





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[Drew Hause]

A Parker specific update would be great.
"William Harnden Foster and the L.C. Smith Skeet Special" was in Volume 21, 2010, Issue 4, Page 121.

I'd be happy to forward the full size scanned covers to Dean or anyone else; here's another
revdoc2@cox.net

[Dean Romig]

Drew, I find no "Skeet" topic heading on your web page... perhaps I'm missing something. Can you direct us to a link for Skeet there?





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[Dean Romig]

And Yes, I would be grateful if you would forward them to me at dsromig@aol.com

Thank You.





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[Drew Hause]

Just trap stuff Dean, at the bottom here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...QzuYRuLvs/edit

I'll get the images to you.

[Dean Romig]

Yes, I looked all through the Trap section.

Thanks





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[Researcher]

By the mid-1930s the California boys were unbuttoning their collars --

California Team 1936.jpeg

Pacific Rod & Gun Club 1933.jpg