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I stumbled upon this image from Pinehurst Feb. 11, 1917 and Annie is using a Remington Model 11, and apparently did so for most of her shooting demonstrations



There are excellent pics from the James Julia sale in 2012
https://www.morphyauctions.com/jamesdjul...e-oakley-41548/

and it was offered again in 2014
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-f...un_id=100615230

What was the point of these pegs on the receiver?!? I don't believe any of her doubles had anything similar.




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Maybe to help focus?
Or maybe to"frame" the spread of the pattern?


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Put the target between the pegs and squeeze the trigger.
There are a few devices that do the same thing available today but most go on the muzzle end on the gun.
I love the period picture!

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This is probably the back porch of the building in the previous image, with Annie teaching ladies to shoot. They look (from left) to have a revolver, a lever action, and 2 possibly Remington Model 12 .22s which Annie was known to use. Annie is 2nd from right



As said, there have been lots of sighting devices for the muzzle.

1894 Parker D Live Bird Gun courtesy of Gordon Lew



Wilbur Gun Sight is the only one I've found for the breech
October 1919 Forest & Stream
https://books.google.com/books?id=F99JAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA568



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I believe those brass pegs are there for quicker target acquisition, not necessarily for sighting.

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Drew and Dean, the "Gold Hearts Gun" has two large gold beads at the breech. Dean was editor of the "Parker Pages" when the Gold Hearts Gun was featured and pictured. The Gold Hearts gun, well provenanced to Annie Oakley since the writing of the Parker Pages article by Austin Hogan and Bill Murphy features the gold beads on the 30" Damascus barrel set. Maybe Dean can provide a picture or two of this great DH grade Parker.

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Bill, if you can give me the exact title of the article I can search for the article in my Parker Pages Digital Archive, but I searched for Bill Murphy and I searched for Gold Hearts and I searched all articles by Austin and I came up empty on those keywords in the search function.

I do remember examining the Gold Hearts Gun at the "dove field" at the Southern in what must have been 2006, '07 or '08 soon after you acquired it.

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OT but very interesting. A brief "Kinetograph" filmed in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey in 1894

https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-annie-oakleys-moving-picture/

Another version is here
https://clickamericana.com/topics/celebr...hooter-old-west

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Thanks Brother Drew to the links, in the one picture it shows her holding her 16 ga. L.C. Smith, the one that has her likeness engraved by Tiffany.


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Here 'tis in 1899



There does not appear to be any sighting thingies on the breech or barrels



Her portrait was engraved by Tiffany & Co. The gun is/was at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum in L.A.


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