3 frame parker history trail

[King Cobb]

This summer I purchased a 3 frame 2 barrel DH from Russ on here and have absolutely loved it. Great great gun. It was ordered in 1890s by M.E. Haight the owner of the mercantile in Crete NE. He sent it back for work and then later in 1913 or so it was sent back to have the 12 ga barrel added by a Mr. Julius J Buck.

I was able to find a decent amount of info on Haight and his family but found next to nothing on Buck. I broke through though when I found a listing for a julius j Bock connected with the Haight family.

He had a ton of info. Large rancher in Wyoming, Bank dorector, owned largest oilfield in Wyoming (his ranch) during the 30s, and was the first Wyoming resident the federal government went after for illegally fencing off public lands in 1909. So far he has been a fairly interesting individual. Anyway, just thought I would share the discovery.

[Bruce Day]

Is the gun configured for trap or waterfowling? There are lots of both in that area of Nebraska. It is outside Lincoln. Member Sam Ogle has been the longtime manager of the Lincoln Trap Association.

[King Cobb]

It was originally just the 10 gauge designed to shoot "4s close " patterned in 25 inch circle at 45 yards. 80 pellets 4 shot in both barrels. 32 inches long 10 gauge barrels. The 12s were to shoot 71/2s close. Gun weighs 9lbs with both barrels. I am guessing it is a duck/dove gun but not sure.

[Bruce Day]

Close means a tight pattern.

Eastern Nebraska is not dove country. Clearly the 10s are fowling barrels. I think the 12s are for trap. By 1913 Nebraskans were favoring light 12s and 16s for the plentiful pheasant and prairie chickens. The chicken coop 20ga D hammer came from the Mahoney family of Crete.

[Bill Murphy]

Nebraska was a hotbed of big waterfowling guns. My 34" #6 frame Vulcan steel ten gauge, rebarrelled from a Twist steel eight gauge gun, came from about 180 miles down I-80 from the OP's gun in Cozad, Nebraska. It was owned by the Patterson family, very lightly mentioned in ATA average books.

[Holeshot]

This D10 has been in Nebraska for a while