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Google "Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo" and this thread is the 3rd one down

Cogswell and Harrison "Extra Quality Victor Grand Prix Pigeon Gun"
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Proved for 1 1/4 oz.

"Grand Prix Pigeon"
https://www.guntrader.uk/guns/shotg...-gauge/grand-prix-pigeon-211109124818001

"Columbaire" Pigeon Gun
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"Avant Tout" Pigeon Gun
https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lot...GRADE/2202-high_condition-22.5.21-poulin

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Article in The Humane Review 1904 states that, at least in 1883, the Rules were those of Hurlingham. Keep in mind the boundary of the ring (which may have not been constructed until late 1890s) was only 21 yards straight-away from the traps. It also discusses cutting the tail feathers of the pigeons
https://books.google.com/books?id=IycKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA324&lpg

March 18, 1963 Sports Illustrated "A Border Pigeon Shoot"
https://vault.si.com/vault/1963/03/18/a-border-pigeon-shoot

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Moi, mon ami!! Le Reynard


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Some more impressions:

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The gun the woman is holding looks like an older gun mabey a pose?

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Thanks again!

1. Fadini
2. Cassiari
3. Baggio
4. Fadini in the ring; note 1 'pill-box'
5. Sarossi
6. I think is G. Harrison (GB - all the others are Italian) with the older "ready" position
7. Buttafava

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Captain A. W. Money- any relation to Nash Buckingham's famous "De Shootin'-ist G'entman"?? Just wonderin'.. RWTF


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Number 1, 3 & 7 shoot with hammerguns!

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Originally Posted by Drew Hause
March 18, 1963 Sports Illustrated "A Border Pigeon Shoot"
https://vault.si.com/vault/1963/03/18/a-border-pigeon-shoot

I have read of Pepe before. Being 12 at the time the article was written, and already an avid dove shooter, it is entirely possible that I read it at the time it was published. Dad subscribed to Sports Illustrated.

"Whether live pigeon shooting will spread much beyond its present habitat (it took more than 100 years to reach Texas from Spain) is a question that the laws of the State of Texas will probably decide in the end. "There is no Texas law against this type of pigeon shooting," says one gunner, "but there is definitely a law against gambling, and gambling is a big part of any shoot."

If Texas objects, the gunners can continue to cross the border and shoot in Nuevo Laredo or a number of other Mexican towns. Everyone gambles in Mexico, the tequila is cheaper down there—and someone is always hungry for no-longer-live pigeons."



My how the times ( and Sports Illustrated) have changed, and not necessarily for the better .........


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And something about the Italians, great shots of live pigeons, also in Monte Carlo:



Azzo Cacciari da Pegola

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