A.W. du Bray's great grandson

[John Sexson]

Thank you for your efforts. I can't wait to see what information you came up with. I have been working with Brian Dudley on the gun and I am sure this will help him figure out the details on what i have.
Thank you
John Sexson

























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[Dean Romig]

You have a treasure that should only be handled by an esteemed auction house like RIA, Morphy's, Bonham & Butterfield's, or Amoskeag - any of which draw the elite among gun collectors and will procure for you the very highest bids possible for such an important artifact in the world of collectible antique firearms.... You would be ill-advised to do otherwise!





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[John Sexson]

Thank you for that info. I have been in touch with Josh Lowensteiner from Morphy's and he is going to be on the west coast in early May to look at the gun and discuss further my options.
Thanks,
John

[G. Wells]

Would love to see pictures and a copy of the letter.

[Dean Romig]

Kevin, Welcome to the PGCA forum.

We’re so pleased that you chose to share this information with us and we eagerly await your pictures.

Have you since sent for a research letter on 97426 ?





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[Bill Murphy]

I think my research shows 97428 to be one of the first 28 gauges. The research material was published in the Parker Pages a few years back and discussed on this forum. My research did not include 97,426.

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I think my research shows 97428 to be one of the first 28 gauges. The research material was published in the Parker Pages a few years back and discussed on this forum.

Yes; my notes from researching "Grandma's 28" (GH Damascus 28 ga.) show 94373 as the first 28 ga. made, appearing in the Order Books (Stock Book for that SN missing so production date is not exact but would predate January 1900). Interestingly enough, the first half dozen 28s were Grade 3 and Grade 5 guns.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I think my research shows 97426 to be one of the first 28 gauges. The research material was published in the Parker Pages a few years back and discussed on this forum.

I would be interested in any link to the above mentioned discussion

Hoping to upload a few pictures soon....

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

I would be interested in any link to the above mentioned discussion

Hoping to upload a few pictures soon....

Kevin, in searching in our Parker Pages Digital Archive I find the article "Early 28 Gauge Parkers" by Dave Suponski, Bill Murphy and Mark Conrad shown on page 44 of Vol. 16, Issue 2 (Summer 2009) but when I go to page 44 there is an article by Dave Suponski on original Parker Brothers case hardening.

I'm sure I can find the Early 28 Gauge Parkers article but it's going to take a lot more research.

This is the very first glitch I have ever found in the Digital Archive and it may not even be a problem with the archive but rather it may have originated with the publisher Village Press.





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[Reggie B]

Any idea where 97426 resides these days?