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Gentlemen, Burt Becker was a great barrel man and so was the man who trained him! D.M.Lefever. sfq
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eeb,
Can you read what I'm saying here? Becker did not build that gun, it's a Fox, not a Becker and there's a big difference. In the days when the original gun was build, Becker only worked for Fox and wasn't building guns on his own yet. From what I've been told by the Philly boys, he was a barrel boring man and that's how he built up his name. The gun is in the Fox records, if it was a Becker built gun it wouldn't be.
Destry
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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Destry,
Yes I understand what you are saying, and I agree now that I have reread my Evans. Becker was an employee of Fox during the 20's, not an independent gunsmith. My apologies for putting the wrong info out there.
Ed
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That was the problem with this whole thread and so many like it. Everybody is an expert but is only going from the memory of something they heard or read 10 years ago.
DLH
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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Someone on the thread asked if anyone knows of Becker's grandchildren. I do know that Mr. Becker had at least two grandson's, not sure if there were more. This may have been mentioned previously. I am guessing that the family was well informed about the auction and probably followed the actiivities as well. I sold a Super Fox to one of them several years ago. He was just getting interested in Burt's skills as a barrel man, gunsmith. He is an attorney in the Chicagoland area.
Dogs On Point!!! - doublenut
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Nice, I'm glad the family has some interest. So many times that's just not the case.
I believe a lot of Burt's papers and other memorabilia were obtained years ago by one of the major Fox collectors.
Destry
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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I was the guy asking about Becker grandchildren like wise I am glad they have some interest. I have seen a pic in the DGJ of Mr. Becker when he was an old man taken around 1956. Anyone have any other pic of the great gun maker?
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I think one of his grandsons was a pretty famous tennis player.
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Destry, I disagree with you that Becker did not build the gun. I read someplace that Nash requested he build it. Even if he did not request it, there's no telling how much of it Burt did himself. But if he had not had a big part to play in the gun, more so than just boring the barrels, I do not believe he would have put the inscription claiming he did so on the barrels. The lettering does not say "Bored for Nash Buckingham", By Burt Becker", it says "Made".
I indeed misspoke when I said "exactly as they exist today". They are certainly reversed from what Nash wrote in the letter years after his loss of the gun. However, given the fact that he mistakenly transposed the digits in the serial number I find it very easy to believe he mistakenly stated which barrel the inscription was on. Thanks for pointing out my error in that statement.
It's not nice to disagree with Queen'Destry.
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