doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com what ever happened to Hemingways...

favorite Boss shotgun? or any of his guns for that matter?
Has it ever gone to auction like with Oswalds carcano,Booth`s derringer,etc??

I think one of his shotguns was in th Cody, WY. museum. But it has been 15 years since I was last there.

JERRY

I have read that Boss (the one he took his life with) was destroyed at the request of the family.

Use to be a old Skeet shooter in Baltimore who had a bullet fired from Oswalds carcano. Eightbore knows who I am talking about I am sure. He use to have a Rolls and shot the only Chrome plated Model 12 I ever saw. Said he hated cleaning guns after shooting. Truth is that he started drinking the stockand forgot to clean the gun. Last I knew he had a Skeet shoot named after him.

Heck of a fun guy to know. I miss all those old timers. Ed Calhoun, Ercell Dove, Harry Wright, Kurt Castle, ..... the sky is full of one of the best squads I will ever see and someday I might see them again. Just not for many years I hope. I am sure others have old timers they have lost and rarely think about.

his Beretta S2 (or was it a S3?) sold at auction a few years ago. i seem to remember it went for modest money.

A few months ago there was an extensive discussion of Hemingway and his guns on the SSM website. Couple of guys over there are gonzo about Hemingway history, and I think one of them is writing a book on the subject. Disposition of his guns was reviewed in that thread.

I heard someone offered to buy that Boss from Hemingway for next to nothing and Hemingway really gave him a piece of his mind.

Gentlemen The Latest Shooting Sporting Mag has a good artical on Hemingway By Calabi Former (Stand at the Bar and buy the Beer),And of course"The Ladies", Dont think that just because this is a "Spit & Sawdust"Site' That the Fair-Sex Aint rolling their Balls(Eyes) over the Small-Print and checking out the 'Dudes' in their Stinky Duck Shooting, Dove Slaughtering Water proofs,!!!!!I am re-stocking a pair of Boss 20b, DB for a Member or the Fair-Sex. they have been in the Family since 1934....Used continuously every Dove & Quail season,,,,,,,Let me tell you(FOR all the ExPurtts that continualy wail those 'Old Brit Guns just cant stand up to modern Sporting Clays Shooting.)....Your in the dark dudes, Proove it" I've listened to this Bull-Crappe"( Or to be "PC"I Feel Your Pain) for the last45 yrs...and I'm still re-stocking British Guns & Rifles from the",Excuse the Colonialisim',The Golden Age"The average age of my Clients bringing the Old Family Gun,35-45, (Or the Matched Pair thatUncle Brian used every year when he went to Scotlsnd got "pissed out of his tree" But always headed the list of Noteable American Shooters" I Read many stories in the Glossies...Guns and Ammo,Etc. BUT.....Where are You Now??? Here you are in the "Land of the Free" Buying new Guns, all that 'Loverly Ammo" but the Majority of Shooters" Squirt your Ball-Point in the General Direction ofDBgunshop...Nothing of Substance...Where are the John Ambers, Elmer Keiths, Skeeter Skeltons, Carmichaels,Alex Kerrs, Bill Jorden,Paytron Aubrey,I had the "Honour" to Hob-Nob with these Men...Whoops almost forgot to mention Carola Mandel, Elenor Lagorio,Ceciela Gaige, "Broads who Really knew where to put their "Loads"... Whats Happened to the "So Called Red Blooded American Male"? Get the Ferk away from that Computer...Guns are made for Shooting.....Then Tell your Story....Get out from under that Dammed Rock.....Where are the "Good Old Boys"///"All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down" (Hanks Greatest"!!)cc/dt

I believe his Model 21 sold at auction a few years ago. I think his oldest son still has some of his guns if he is still alive. His younger son, Chris died in jail a few years ago dressed as a female prostitute. I noticed today that several of Roy Rogers' and Dale Evans' guns are going up for auction including Roy's Model 21 trap gun. I believe about 25 of his and her handguns are included, too. Good luck.

cc/dt, I'm sure you are aware that those that can, are out there shooting them. Just in my little group of acquaintences, there are way into seven figures being invested annually in fine guns, out of town hunts, the outdoor lifestyle, etc. In Amber's time, several of these high roller types flew within the radar and we lesser beings knew about their exploits. Today, the recipients of the mass outdoor media get less news of these "types" only because there are better publications than Guns and Ammo and Outdoor Life available, and these Guns and Ammo guys don't spring for the better publications. OK, so there aren't any John Ambers out there any more, but who really knows. We wouldn't know John Amber from Adam if he didn't publish the Gun Digest. As a matter of fact, Gun Digest readers didn't know one percent of what John Amber really was. Only after "the catalog" came out, we began to understand what a Rennaisance Man he really was. Before that, he was only a publisher who owned a few nice guns. Murphy