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Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617340 07/30/22 04:59 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,933 Likes: 552 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,933 Likes: 552 North Alabama	Fantastic Progress I must say. Serbus, Raimey rse

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617341 07/30/22 05:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS	Sig. Graselli won in 1897, 1902, 1905 & 1906 https://books.google.com/books?id=mPZYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA49&lpg https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617344 07/30/22 05:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,653 Likes: 347 Maryland eightbore Sidelock
eightbore Sidelock Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,653 Likes: 347 Maryland	Dr. Drew, as long as we are recalling the past, how about recapping what you can find about the 1902 Grand American at Live Birds, the last Grand American where live birds were shot.
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Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo bushveld #617347 07/30/22 05:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 290 Likes: 12 college station tx docbill Sidelock
docbill Sidelock Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 290 Likes: 12 college station tx	Bushveld et. al.: Cyril told me the exact same thing at a ZZ bird shoot once upon a time. W. E. Boyd
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Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617348 07/30/22 06:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS	Long way from Kansas City to Monte Carlo Bill, but here you go. I can't remember if the thread about Annie's gun was here or the PGCA Forum. I've found no better images. https://www.trapshooters.com/threads/1902-last-gah-at-live-birds.208505/ https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617352 07/30/22 06:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,712 Likes: 2465 somwers in Jawja Stanton Hillis Sidelock
Stanton Hillis Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,712 Likes: 2465 somwers in Jawja	If y'all guys don't have Cyril's trap pigeon shooting book, you should. It is a gold mine for those of us interested in the history of pigeon shooting. May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617353 07/30/22 06:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS	Compte de Casserta's Purdey with which he won the Grand Prix du Casino, Monte Carlo in 1884 https://artdaily.cc/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=127292#.YuW1ZRzMKUk M. Mongorge of France won in 1899 with a Purdey https://books.google.com/books?id=P0NOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA135&lpg https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617354 07/30/22 06:55 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,857 Likes: 385 so.california mc Sidelock
mc Sidelock Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,857 Likes: 385 so.california	I have an 1892 Monte Carlo b great gun

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617356 07/30/22 07:13 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	Where was Ansley H, Fox in that era?? Did he shoot live birds in Philly back then, along with getting his gun company underway?? Last edited by Run With The Fox; 07/30/22 07:14 PM. Reason: misspelling error "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Re: Le Tir aux Pigeons, Monte Carlo Drew Hause #617358 07/30/22 07:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause OP Sidelock
OP Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 10,048 Likes: 650 AZ but dreaming of KS	1904 Sig. Schianini with a Scott https://books.google.com/books?id=c_ZYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA35&lpg https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

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