Suponski's Trap Gun Day One Grand American 1926

[Autumn Daze]

Bill, I don't think we have anything on 221256. The Serialization Book dates the gun to 1927. I have always called this gun "The Murderers Row" gun after the 1927 Yankees. But if this date is correct 1927 would be a bit late. I have no doubt that this is a Saxby gun as you bought it from the estate.The gun may have been finished in 1926 and waited on the rack to be sold.

[Bill Murphy]

The 1926 scores at the Grand American could have been shot with another gun. Sparrow Young won the Grand American Handicap that year. The Springfield, Ohio shoot where Saxbe beat Sparrow Young was reported in the July 16, 1927 Sportsman's Review, so he could have been shooting the Parker at that shoot. If you look at the Stock Book records, book 76, which began in April of 1926, ended with serial #219,857. The Saxbe gun could have been in existence in the last part of 1926, possibly by the date of the Grand American, August 23 to 28. Saxbe was a high volume, high average shooter in those times and later reports probably carry his name. Bart's 199 in the preliminary A Class shoot won him third place. I don't know how he placed in the Grand American Handicap, but Bill Moore's report says Bart broke 98X100 in the second hundred of the second day of preliminaries.

[AmarilloMike]

Dave or Bill would you please post the stock dimensions for that gun? What does the Parker letter give as the stock dimensions were when it left the factory?

Thanks!

Miie

[Autumn Daze]

Never bothered to letter the gun Mike as I didn't think there would be info. I could give you the stock dimensions on the gun as it sit's if that would help.

[Bill Murphy]

The gun is posted in stock book 77, which is missing, so no stock dimensions available. I think the old stock which Dave has, is probably the original stock. PGCA has no information on this gun. It is quite comforting to be able to have some information on some guns that are not in the existing PGCA records.

[AmarilloMike]

Dave please, when you get a chance.

Thanks,

Mike

[Dean Romig]

....(now this is a great thread! Thanks Bill and Dave!!)....

[J.B. Books]

Evreyone should have a special Parker, either interesting and unusual provenance or how it handles and shoots for us. It's lucky man to have both in the same gun. Congrats Dave.

[Autumn Daze]

Thanks Pete. This gun been up to the Majors Shoot more than once. So you guys have seen the gun.

Mike,The stock on the gun now. The one Bill had fitted measures 14 3/4"LOP 1 5/8"DAC 2 1/2" DAH

The original stock is basically the same DAC and DAH but a 14 1/2" LOP. Interesting thing about the original stock is that there is a 3/4" wood stock extension to a pad. I wonder if elder Mr.Saxby was a man of smaller stature and this gun was given to William his son who required a longer LOP. The stock shield is engraved "William Saxby"

[AmarilloMike]

Thank you Dave. And the ventilated rib is a factory rib? I promise, that is my last question, dumb or not. I have two two-frame VH12s that I was going to start using for my trap guns. The adjustment (learning curve) has been more difficult than I anticipated. Of course I am 57 and may not learn so fast either. I am curious what they were doing "back in the day".

Thanks again,

Mike