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Unread 12-21-2021, 07:44 PM   #1
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Scott K. and I got out together this afternoon for a blue bird day hunt on the salt water. Scott was shooting a Parker NH and I was shooting a newly acquired Harrington & Richardson D grade. I almost had to force myself to go because it has been so slow. It turned out we had a great day in what up to now has been a somewhat lack luster season. It was getting dark when we got back to the boat ramp so my picture is not ideal. The H&R is on the left, the Parker NH on the right with a pile of four geese and six ducks in the boat, a mix of Mallards and Blacks. We each needed one more Black and several times birds came cupping right in but try as we might we couldn't wish Mallards into being Blacks and shoot another.
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Mighty fine shootin' boys.
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I have to give a thumbs up for the NH 10 in itself, I seen one of those H&Rs a few months ago in pretty decent shape but sold before I could grab it.
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Great story of a special day. You under-rate that photo; as still-life hunting art it approaches the sublime.

Who was the builder of that classic-looking duck-boat?
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I have to give a thumbs up for the NH 10 in itself, I seen one of those H&Rs a few months ago in pretty decent shape but sold before I could grab it.
Did you see it at the Vintage Cup? That is where I picked it up.
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Great story of a special day. You under-rate that photo; as still-life hunting art it approaches the sublime.

Who was the builder of that classic-looking duck-boat?
You mean a 1974 12 foot aluminum v-hull by Mirrocraft is a classic?
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You mean a 1974 12 foot aluminum v-hull by Mirrocraft is a classic?
Well, it is now.
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Did you see it at the Vintage Cup? That is where I picked it up.
It was under the collectible guns category on GB guy wanted $1200 looked like a good buy. Weren't they built by H&R under the supervision of Westley Richard's? I didn't realize until recently WR were still building A&D actions
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Well, it is now.
Sure is, so were the two guys that were in it.
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It was under the collectible guns category on GB guy wanted $1200 looked like a good buy. Weren't they built by H&R under the supervision of Westley Richard's? I didn't realize until recently WR were still building A&D actions
Yes from little I know WR granted a license to use the A&D hammerless design and build the guns in the Worcester MA H&R factory. It's believed that it took two years to set up the factory for the production which started circa 1883 and that Mr. Anson and Mr. Deeley were there to supervise/train. It's thought production lasted two years or little more and only 2500 to 3000 guns in 10 and 12 gauge were produced in four grades, A-D. They are not what you would expect from H&R, they are a fine gun and probably the first self cocking hammerless double built in the US. There are others on the board who know more than I, a lot of what I know about them came from the book, "Birth of the Boxlock".
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