Jack O’Connor’s Eusebio Arizaga Shotgun
Jack O’Connor’s prized Eusebio Arizaga 20 gauge is up for sale.
Legacies Lost and Found: The Ithaca 20 Gauge
The lost Ithaca 20 gauge of his boyhood would be the only thing he could leave to his daughter to pass on the legacy…or so he thought. Michael wiped the sweat from his brow with an old grease towel from his grandfather’s workbench and slumped to the floor. He...
True Romance: The Ugartachea 20-Gauge
I quickly surmised that the pawn shop didn’t know what it had – a Spanish double of good repute. Further, they were asking only $295. My grandfather had an old double barrel that I never shouldered. It hung beyond my reach above my grandmother’s china...
Parker Bros.
Our quest: the old workhorse of the Parker stable, the gun that, more than any other, validated the company catchphrase, “The Old Reliable.” For it was that of a young man, and I am old, and I have seen first-hand the burnishment of many golden years upon a dream that...
Purdey’s “Man-Sized” Guns Meant for Work and Lots of It
The guns that really caught my eye were the new trigger-plate over/unders. Despite a personal predilection for side-by-sides, these guns are something special! Given the liberty of a wholly unsolicited opinion, I’d surely opine that almost everybody who likes shotguns...
Uncle Crawford’s Twenty
Every once in a while the stars align. That’s the way it was with the Parker Gun Company. And on this day, that’s the way it was with me.