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As Researcher states: "It's not a Becker, it's an A.H. Fox HE/XE that had the barrels bored by Burt Becker who was a Fox employee/sub-contractor at the time." He stamped the barrels: "MADE FOR NASH BUCKINGHAM" & "BY BURT BECKER at the time that he bored the barrels. This was nor roll-stamped but the letters individually placed in the die carrier and stamped by Becker. Mr. Callahan's letter plainly states this. Again, anyone who wants a copy of his letter, I would be happy to mail it to them.

Best Regards, George

Not implying that Scott falls into this category, but I have noticed ever since George first broke the news of seeing 31088 a couple years ago, and then escalating throughout last winter and spring, that there seem to be those in the double gun community that are more enamored of the STORY of the loss of Bo Whoop and it's mystique than they are of the gun itself, and wanting to see it's actual recovery. Very strange to me.

All my best, Stan

I count myself among those more enamored of the story than the gun. Had it not gone missing, I would never have known of Buckingham or Bo Whoop.

Lots of people enjoy a good mystery. Once the answer is known, the mystery...and the appeal...ceases to exist. I wonder how many would buy a book of crossword puzzles with the answers filled in....

Those who find Buckingham "not interesting", have not read his work. He is among the few writers of the bird hunting sports who loves and discusses the guns, the hunting companions, and the dogs. He did what no other writer has done to this day. He also covers the era of gunning and field trials in this country that is of most interest to serious gunners and dog owners today. No one has done what Nash has done. Wonderful as he was as a writer, did Babcock ever name his companions, his guns? No, his stories were all in the abstract. Not so with Nash. The next great story involving Bo Whoop may be the story of the second high bidder. Who is he?

8-Bore;
"AMEN"
My first remembrance of Nash was upon reading an article of his which Field & Stream re-ran from a much earlier date, namely "Great Day in the Morning". I immediately became an admirer of his writing style. It was much later I learned of "The Saga of Bo Whoop".
There have been many guns "Go Missing" over the years & surrounded by Mystery.
Nash's became famous "Because" Nash himself was Famous.

I don't know about that; I thought his story, "FALLEN LADY" about the old brown painted Parker he first rented from a tenant farmer, couldn't miss with, then bought, then discovered when he removed the paint had the dreaded deadly damascus barrels was pretty much about the gun...Geo

I'm very familiar with HB's Fallen Lady. It is an abstract with no identification of the gun except Babcock's opinion that calling it a Parker would give him some additional readership. Sorry, Babcock is no Nash Buckingham.

Hello All

The gun mentioned by Havilah Babcock is a Lefever.
"I Don't Want to Shoot an Elephant" Page 100 bottom of the page As I Grow Older is the article.

I hate to say this but he even used a 28 gauge autoloader

Mike

Thanks for the clarification about the Lefever. I think I own that gun. The 16 gauge Parker was mentioned in Great Day in the Morning, which was another abstract fantasy, but very entertaining. Another 16 gauge Parker appeared in Miss Priss, also an abstract. Buck was into emotion and nostalgia but wasn't much for abstract fantasy.

Sorry, Mike I pulled the book on you. The Fallen Lady was a Parker...Geo