They're called the Budd Petmecky Cleaning Tool.
Charlie Budd was one of the inventors, he shot for Parker back in the day. Budd was a pigeon shooter from Iowa, I believe the item was marketed out of Texas so probably Petmecky was the one from there.
They're rare for sure, and the Parker connection sort of adds to the collectability.
I've owned three of them over the years, all slightly different, so they must have made them for quite awhile.
The best ones were actually sold as an accessory by Parker and the brass shell part is an Parker shell bored out. I believe they come in 12 and 10 gauge. These had an extra collar of metal at the opening where the brush comes out to (I assume) make it stronger. I had one of those but sold it in a weak moment.
I had another where the shell was a UMC I believe. The shell setup was different than on the Parker one, it didn't have the extra collar of metal.
And the last one didn't have an actual brass shell, the tube part was made like a shell but thinner brass and it had the name or at least the patents stamped on it longways.
I don't have any of the three anymore, I've broken down and sold them all. Should have kept that Parker type, I doubt I ever see another.
There was a short article in Parker Pages about them several years ago but I don't have any idea what issue.
Which one is yours? Can you read a headstamp on the brass shell or is it one of the thinner ones with the patent stamps on the "case wall"?
Destry
P.S. I think they were sort of made to go with the C.M. Powers all brass cleaning rods. There was just a Parker pigeon gun that lettered to Budd for sale recently oddly enough.
Going pigeon shooting on Sunday with a friend and I'll hopefully get to borrow C.M. Powers Parker AA pigeon gun from him to pop a couple with. The current owner of the gun is the one that owns my former Parker type cleaning tool.
Strange how this thread reminds me of so many things.....
Last edited by MarketHunter; 02/16/09 08:50 PM.
