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03-23-2016, 12:19 AM
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A member for a few years, but my first post
Hello, I've been a member for a few years now, but this is my first real post. About three or four years ago , I became caretaker to a very special family heirloom. This heirloom happens to be a parker grade 7 aahe which belonged to a famous ,yet distant relative named James J. Jeffries. He was an avid sportsman, but was and is known for his boxing career. That being said, he was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1899 to 1905, retiring undefeated ,only to come out of retirement in 1910 to fight jack Johnson in what was billed "the fight of the century". His nicknames were the boilermaker and the great white hope. There's plenty to be read about him on the Internet so I won't waste your time with those details.
His relation to me would be great great great uncle and many things of importance to to him remain in my family. .. This special parker being one of them. I'll post a few pictures for now and follow up with some more details later.
I just wanted to share a little bit about his and this guns history. I love this forum, it is an amazing source of information. Thank you for all your contributions.
Sincerely, Clint Dunn
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03-23-2016, 04:09 AM
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Welcome Clint. What a great first post and introduction. To own any family Parker would be a wonderful honor. To own such a fine cased grade 7 so rich with history is unimaginable.
Congratulations and thank you for sharing.
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