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Model 37 Winchester in competition?

4205raymond
Winchester guys, Do any of you remember the name of the famous Skeet/Trap shooter back in 40's or 50's that blew away the competition with I believe a cheap Model 37 Winchester? I can't remember his name and it's driving me crazy! Thank you.
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  • o b juan
    Dont know but could it have been Fred Missildine
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  • CapnMidnight
    O B may be right, the only one I can remember off the top of my head is Herb Parsons. He shot model 12s. My dad to me to watch him at the Portland Oregon Gun Club back in 1959, if I remember correctly. He was a great showman and a nice guy.
    W.D.
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  • Bert H.
    Herb Parsons was Winchester's top exhibition shooter during the 40s & 50s. There is a fantastic video of him and his shooting skills that can be viewed at the Cody Firearms Musuem (in the downstairs section of the firearms display). With that said, I am not sure that Herb is the specific person that Raymond is trying to remember. As W.D. pointed out, Herb's favorite shotgun was the Model 12, and his prefered rifle was a Model 71.
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  • 4205raymond
    Bert/Capnmidnight,It was Herb I was thinking of and the Model 12 not the Model 37. As I recalled he pitted the Model 12 against some expensive iron and seemed to come out on top most of the time. Got an awful lot to do with the guy pulling the trigger! Thank you.
    Ray
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  • Hawk Carse
    Geez, in the 1940s and 1950s, a Model 12 WAS the expensive iron.
    There was not the selection of autos and O/Us that there is now.
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  • kernel65
    Thought you might have been talking about Arnold Riegger.


    http://www.traphof.org/People-Stories/arnold-riegger.html
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  • 4205raymond
    KERNEL65 AND ALL, My apologies to all for my poor memory.Kernel65 is absolutely correct, mystery solved. I will never forget the name, ARNOLD RIEGGER. I knew I had read this article years ago but never saved it. This time I will save it! This is especially gratifing because I collect and restore Model 37 Winchesters. I would like to write a book on the Model 37 Winchester someday and I just knew I did not imagine this story.This article should be a part of any book written on the Model 37 Winchester. Kernel65 I can't thank you enough.
    Ray
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  • kernel65
    No problem. Arnold Riegger came up in a conversation we had at the gun club a couple of months ago. Glad I was able to help.

    Scott
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  • Knifecollector
    I read a story about him just this week in an old copy of Shooting Times
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  • Fatstrat
    We have a red letter model 37 .12 ga that my G-Grandfather bought for my dad's 1st gun. Sometime late 1930's/early '40's. It's full choke and shoots a very tight pattern. I won quite a few turkeys at turkey shoots w/it.
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