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Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #623970 12/21/22 12:56 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan Run With The Fox Sidelock
Run With The Fox Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan	In the words of the late Ernest Heminway- a live pigeon shooter himself, when referring to Marlene Dietrich-- "The Kraut". I believe Ernesto shot many good scores in Cuba- often using his Model 12- my kinda shooter.. RWTF "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo AZMike #624712 01/06/23 04:13 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan Run With The Fox Sidelock
Run With The Fox Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan	aybe the owner belong to the Moose Lodge?? Wonder what the owner might request if he belonged to the Oddfellows Lodge??RWTF "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628278 04/02/23 06:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS	Came across this report. The Grand Prix du Casino 1898 was won by Mr. Curling using a Brancquaert https://books.google.com/books?id=EkkhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA179&lpg I can't read the exact amount of the winnings, but it was > $4000 which would be > $132,000 today. Outing, 1898 https://books.google.com/books?id=D2I-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA94&lpg The big trap event, the Grand Prix, excited an unusual amount of interest, and for the first time since 1889 the coveted prize has been won by an Englishman. Out of 139 entries, only 37 were in at the end of the third round, which speaks volumes for the speed and shot carrying powers of the famous blue-rocks. The winner, Mr. Curling, killed twelve straight, using a gun by Branequart [sic], of Brussels, and “Schultze” powder. His winnings consisted of 21,340 fr. and an objet d’art in the form of a costly tea service. Signor Asti-Cesari and Marquis Saragua divided second and third, 19,900 fr. “Dr. Pascal,” fourth, took 5,100 fr. The conversion for French Francs to U.S. Dollars in 1900 was about 5/1. 21,340 fr. = about $4,268 https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628280 04/02/23 06:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 357 Likes: 22 Tuckasegee, North Carolina Sandlapper Sidelock
Sandlapper Sidelock Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 357 Likes: 22 Tuckasegee, North Carolina	Drew, That gun predates by 7 years the year(1905) that Brancquaert was supposed to have been in business, if the sources I read were correct. Regards, Sandlapper

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628281 04/02/23 07:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS	The catalog at the bottom here is 1903 http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20b/a%20brancquaert%20gb.htm Igor states Baron de Vriere won in Paris with a Brancquaert in 1897 https://shotguncollector.com/2016/06/06/brancquaert-and-defourny/ https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628285 04/02/23 10:12 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 185 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,786 Likes: 185 North Alabama	What a fantastic addition. Pigeon guns for one and Pigeon Hammerguns themselves reign supreme in my book. Serbus, Raimey rse
	2 members like this: Stanton Hillis, eeb

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo ellenbr #628301 04/03/23 12:55 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,117 Likes: 92 Boscobel, Virginia eeb Sidelock
eeb Sidelock Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,117 Likes: 92 Boscobel, Virginia	Originally Posted by ellenbr Was the money taxable as in income?? Just curious? Serbus, Raimey rse Doubtful that it was taxed. At least here in the US there was no Federal income tax until 1913

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628315 04/03/23 05:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS	Brancquaert was secretary of Tir aux Pigeons, Bois de la Cambre, Brussels "Holt's Shooting Calendar" 1883 https://books.google.com/books?id=jN4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA93&lpg W.W. Greener "Modern Shotguns", 1888 https://books.google.com/books?id=jMhMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628317 04/03/23 05:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS	1904 Manufacture d'Armes de Luxe, L. Brancquaert https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll13/id/5670 No. 5 800 francs = $160 = about $5,500 today No. 7 1000 francs = $200 = about $6,750. The No. 1 & No. 2 were also 1000 francs https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #628318 04/03/23 05:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,420 Likes: 314 AZ but dreaming of KS	"Arms & Explosives" 8-1-1901 https://books.google.com/books?id=SvZYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PT22&lpg Bois de la Cambre, Brussels https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

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