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Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?

Posted by Mike Dean on April 12, 2022, 2:40 pm

I found this particular LCS for sale and it was stamped as a WILD FOWL. After sending the info to Jim Stubbendieck I found out that it was not recorded in the ledgers as a LRWF. The stamping on the barrel lug did not look right and it was made in 1921.. Still, I liked the looks and did some more digging and found out that it was restored at some point and I even found a letter from the Cody Firearms Research department which I have attached. The letter states it is a Specialty "E Grade" with a Trap Package. I have never heard the "E Grade" terminology before and wondered if that term was just the researchers writing and that the "E grade" simply meant it was an ejector gun? (RE41553).

Thanks
Mike

Re: Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?

Posted by Drew Hause on April 12, 2022, 3:59 pm, in reply to "Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?"

Harry was a Sporting Goods Dealer (101 State St., Rochester, New York) and Secretary of the Riverside Gun Club.

His wife was quite the trapshooter, with an Ithaca SBT

Re: Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?

Posted by Mike Dean on April 12, 2022, 4:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?"

Thanks Drew!!

This is one of the reasons I find collecting guns to be so fun. You just never know what little piece of history you’re going to find. Thank you for taking the time to add that very interesting fact.

Re: Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?

Posted by Jim Stubbendieck on April 12, 2022, 4:29 pm, in reply to "Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?"

I checked the records for this serial number. It was recorded as a 12 gauge Specialty Grade with 32-inch barrels. It was finished in 1921. It was recorded as having a BT and an OT. This means that it has a beavertail forend and a one-trigger. Most of the time only a B and an O would have been recorded. The two Ts had nothing to do with a "trap package" but were misinterpreted at the Cody Firearms Museum.

Harry Harrison

Posted by Jim Stubberdieck on April 12, 2022, 4:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Specialty "E Grade" Trap Package?"

I've read that Harry Harrison owned a sporting goods store in Rochester, New York.

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