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Not sure if this is the original Bo-Whoop or not, but I knew I had seen this picture somewhere in my small collection of books. I found it tonight. If someone wants, I can email a high resolution picture as this is a resized version to make it easier for downloading and viewing on various screen formats.





These were taken from the "Arkansas Duck Hunter's Almanac, pg. 58"

Could this be the original 1st Bo-Whoop? It very well could be as the picture shows some age on him, but Nash died at age 90, March 10, 1971. The original gun was lost on Dec. 1, 1948 while he was hunting at the Section 16 Club near Clarendon. According to this book, two game wardens arrived just after Nash finished his hunt and was waiting for his ride back to town. The wardens checked the ducks and licenses, but mainly wanted to see the "gun". It was laid on the fender of the drivers car, who was Clifford Green. So Nash was 67 when he lost the original Bo-Whoop. This picture may very well be that gun, but who can say for sure?

If anyone wants high resolution pictures of either picture, email me and I will forward them to you. They are around 3 mb each in size if I recall.

But, the production card in the Fox records shows 31108 to be an A-grade 12-gauge with 30-inch barrels shipped to Supplee-Biddle Hardware Co. in Philadelphia, July 16, 1926--definately not a Super-Fox. McIntosh page 221.

I don't dispute that at all. I just typed verbatim what was posted in DGJ, Vol. II, Issue 3 on page 37 which looked to be a facsimile. It's a typed letter and signed by Mr. Buck. 1927.3II08. - He may have had a typo. Maybe McIntosh had an error, Ha. On page 37 & 41 appear to be a Super Fox, maybe Nash's 1st. I would be delighted if anyone could shed more light on it. George L.: what's the number on your source? There is a 31108 in the "Bo-Whoop" thread, but that doesn't make it correct just yet.

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Raimey
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Whatever happened to George L.'s photographs of the underground showing of the purported newly found Bo-Whoop?...Geo

Great question. I just sifted thru 26 pages, or so, to find the topic to ask George L.


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Raimey
rse

I bet he got threatened with bodily injury if he made any of those photo's public. Folks like that (whoever has Bo-Whoop) tend to be a little dangerous if they are threatened with public exposure...Geo

Thanks for the correction. I was under the wrong impression. I've got a full box of the 1 5/8 oz. no. 4's, 3 inch, Super-X's, not Luballoy. The original load in the 3 inch was the 1 3/8 oz., correct?

Would it be possible for someone to post a picture of a box of the original loads, as first introduced? I would like to see exactly what the box looks like.

Cliff Green is probably the Cliff Green from Centerville, Maryland, a skeet shooter who obviously had a few bucks. He ordered the BHE Remington Parker two gun four gauge set that has been immortalized in various books on Parkers. There is also a DGJ article describing it, I think. Herschel Chaddick advertised it for sale for a quarter very large some years ago. I don't know who owns it today. In my skeet memorabilia collection, I have a postcard sent either to or from Cliff Green describing the activities at the World Skeet Shoot probably in the forties. Cliff was a mediocre average NSSA shooter who occasionally had a good day. He may be my latest alter-ego. I don't know what Cliff did for a living, but next time I'm with some shore oldtimers, I'll ask. I have a lot of his shooting records, so at least I know who he shot skeet with but his relationship with Nash and Maryland cronies like Henry A. Bartholomew are unknown to me. Henry shot trap around this area, but no skeet. Green shot skeet, but, as far as I know, no trap. They all shot ducks. Bill Murphy

I can't find the 1949 Cliff Green postcard right this second, but I think it was a card sent by the guys on his regular skeet squad teasing him about staying home while the rest of them were in Dallas having a good time. I think squadmate Doc Metcalf had run 100 in the 20 gauge and some other squad member also had a 100 in some event. Maryland shooters were well represented in Dallas in 1949 but Cliff and another squadmate, All-American Joe George, did not attend. Doc Metcalf set a new Senior World Record in 12 gauge with a 247X250 but was defeated in the shootoff by South Carolina senior Rufe Watson. Watson was a Maryland transplant who was a terror in registered shoots at my gun club, National Capital, during his years in the D.C. area.