What can you tell me about this gun

[Michael Copperthite]

When we were only selling 25,000 pies a day.. Parker Brother's Pie Ad?

[edgarspencer]

There's the proof; You're genetically destined to be a Parker collector. Your Grandfather's gun must have formed a lasting impression when he moved to Meriden. I would have that ad framed and hung on the wall of my gun room.
Ironically, my family roots are also Meriden, though the Scottish side of my family came from Simsbury CT.

[Michael Copperthite]

AND THE MAN WHO TRAINED THEM



Richard A. Wolters's Fetching Story
The Washington Post (Tue, 02 Nov 1993) It's crisp November; bird hunters have a little extra spring in their step as duck and quail seasons draw near. But the annual joy in the gun-dog set is tempered this year by the death of the guru of American trainers, Richard A. Wolters. "We've lost a true renaissance man," mourned Mike Copperthite, a Washington political strategist who was given his first Labrador retriever by Averell Harriman decades ago and who has trained all his pups since by the Wolters method.Indeed, Wolters, 73, was off doing the unlikeliest thing when he died. He had just bought his first ultralight aircraft and was taking it for a solo spin near his home in Hanover, Va., outside Richmond, when …
...But the annual joy in the gun-dog set is tempered this year by the death of the guru of American trainers, Richard A. Wolters. "We've lost a true renaissance man," mourned Mike Copperthite, a Washington political strategist who was...... Continue reading about
It's crisp November; bird hunters have a little extra spring in their step as duck and quail seasons draw near. But the annual joy in the gun-dog set is tempered this year by the death of the guru of American trainers, Richard A. Wolters.
"We've lost a true renaissance man," mourned Mike Copperthite, a Washington political strategist who was given his first Labrador retriever by Averell Harriman decades ago and who has trained all his pups since by the Wolters method.
Indeed, Wolters, 73, was off doing the unlikeliest thing when he died. He had just bought his first ultralight aircraft and was taking it for a solo spin near his home in Hanover, Va., outside Richmond, when his ailing heart gave out Oct. …
Richard A. Wolters Dog Training Expert, 73

Published: October 14, 1993
Richard A. Wolters, an expert on training hunting dogs, died on Saturday after he landed an ultralight aircraft that he had been piloting near his farm in Hanover, Va. He was 73.
The cause was a heart attack, his family said.
Mr. Wolters wrote a number of books on dogs, including three published by Dutton, "Gun Dog" (1961), "Family Dog" (1963) and "Beau, From Both Ends of His Leash" (1966), and "The Labrador Retriever" (Petersen Prints, 1982).
Mr. Wolters was also a chemical engineer, a parachutist, a glider pilot, a teacher of art history and photography and a magazine editor who wrote extensively about dogs and field sports. He especially admired Labradors for their diligence, devotion, stamina, pleasant temperament and ability to become family pets.

[Bill Murphy]

Does your gun actually say "Parker Steel" on the rib? If so, it was probably sent back to Parker Brothers to be rebarrelled at some point, because it had Twist Steel barrels when it first left Parker Brothers.

[Bill Murphy]

If your relative was in the pie business in Georgetown, DC at the turn of the century, there is a good chance that your 16 gauge came from William Wagner on Capitol Hill. Henry had a "factory" on Capitol Hill, probably near Wagner's store at 207 1/2 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. Request a letter and let us know what you find.

[Michael Copperthite]

but as there are no absolute here what could that mean

[Bill Murphy]

Post clear pictures of the barrel flats, (the bottom of the breech of the barrels). There will be a marking there that will clarify the type of barrel steel. Parker Steel is the type of fluid steel that was usually used on PH grade Parkers later than the manufacture date of your gun. Your gun is listed as a Twist Steel barrelled gun in the Serialization Book, a book whose contents are derived from the Parker Brothers stock books.

[Bill Murphy]

Analostan Island, now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, was the site of the Analostan Gun Club, whose member, William "Uncle Billy" Wagner, was the famous Parker dealer of Capitol Hill. Apparently, Analostan Island was once owned by the Copperthite family. Google is a dangerous weapon in some hands.

[Eldon Goddard]

This thread is a great combination parkers and pies. Making me hungry though.

[John Taddeo]

What is the critter in the first picture hanging on the left side of the cloths line . If it's a coon it looks to be as big as that pointer.