While never having read the above mentioned article(s) I have read a considerable amount on Bogardus, and his shooting matches against other renowned wing shots of the era. I scanned quickly through my copy of Capooth's excellent tome The Golden Age of Waterfowling yesterday afternoon, which has more info about famous duck clubs than any other resource I am aware of. But, I found no reference to a Bogardus Duck Club. I could have overlooked it easily, as i was really looking for a picture of Bogardus which might help me home in on some information to help you out, but I found none.

An excellent image of Capt. Bogardus from another fine book I own that speaks off his exploits, Live Pigeon Trap Shooting by Cyril Adams.

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Your friend may indeed have two very desirable guns, due to provenance. I hope you can help him confirm that.

Best, SRH

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