Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns
Proudly Presented by the NRA
Honored Marque – E.J. Churchill Gunmakers
Western Double Gun & Rifle Championships
Proudly Presented by Ithaca Classic Doubles and Krieghoff International
At Rock Springs Ranch & Lodge, April 20, 2002
| The 3rd Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns, and the Western Double Gun & Rifle Championships, on April 20, 2002, at Rock Springs Ranch & Lodge in California, are history. The turnout of skilled shooters, fine guns, fine people, exhibitors, sponsors and enthusiasts was unprecedented.
The panel of judges at Concours III included Roger Lake (fine-gun specialist at Butterfields), Ray Poudrier (co-founder of the Vintagers and producer of The Vintage Cup), Richard Gallyon (of Gallyon & Sons, Gunmakers), Chris Batha (of E.J. Churchill Gunmakers) and David Moore, of William Larkin Moore. Sincere thanks and appreciation to these gentlemen for their time and efforts. Best in Show was a heavily embellished Johann Springer 16-bore underlever hammer side-by-side, cased but unserialized, that is the property of a collector who wishes to remain anonymous. The Boothroyd Award (“the people’s choice”) went to Paul Dorsa’s spectacular A1-grade Parker No. 180178 with 28ga. and .410 barrels. The Ithaca Classic Cup, for high overall honors in the shotgun event, was won by John Swineford. He is the Western Double Gun Champion for 2002. The Krieghoff Cup, for high overall honors in the rifle event, was won by Peter Leffe (shooting a .500 Nitro Express). He is the Western Rifle Champion for 2002. Thank you for your support! CONCOURS AWARDS & WINNERS |
| Note: | New | Completed after January 1999 |
| Classic | Made between January 1900 and January ’99 | |
| Vintage | Made before January 1900 |
| Concours Awards – Shotguns |
| Classic British Hammer 12-Bore | |
| Silver Medal | W.R. Pape #10603 |
| Vern Brinkerhoff | |
| Vintage British Sidelock SxS 12-Bore | |
| Gold Medal | Purdey 14-Bore Percussion Gun #287 |
| owner’s name withheld by request | |
| Silver Medal | Jos. Lang Percussion 12-Bore Gun #549 |
| Paul A. Smith | |
| Bronze | Purdey 16-Bore Flintlock Gun #224 |
| owner’s name withheld by request | |
| Classic European SidexSide | |
| Gold Medal | Exhibition-grade Simpson Sidelock 12-Bore Gun #192148 |
| Larry Shelton | |
| Silver | Merkel Model 219E Droplock 12-Bore Gun |
| Richard Edlund | |
| Bronze | J.P. Sauer Sidelock 16-Bore Gun # |
| Kirby Hoyt | |
| New European SidexSide | |
| Gold Medal | Ferlib Fantasy-grade 20-Bore Sidelock Gun #153* |
| Malcolm Weaver | |
| Silver | Fabbri Sidelock 12-Bore Gun #330 |
| Paul Dorsa | |
| Bronze | F.lli Rizzini R2 28-Bore Gun #1743 |
| Paul Dorsa | |
| Vintage European Hammer | |
| Gold Medal | Gastinne Rennet 12-Bore Gun |
| Vintage American SidexSide | Gold Medal | Lefever Optimus-grade 16-gauge Gun #11470 |
| (built for the Columbian Exposition of 1895) | |
| Leslie Neary | |
| Classic American SidexSide | Gold Medal | Parker Bros. A-grade 10-Gauge Gun #23889 |
| Paul Dorsa | |
| Silver | Parker Bros. 28ga./.410 (two-barrel set) Gun #180178 |
| Paul Dorsa | |
| Classic British Over/Under | |
| Gold Medal | Boss & Co. 20-Bore Sidelock Gun #5977 |
| Ray Ferraris | |
| Silver | F. Beesley Shotover 12-Bore Gun #2614 |
| Richard Edlund | |
| Classic European Over/Under | |
| Gold Medal | Fabbri Sidelock 12-Bore Gun #816 | Richard Edlund |
| Classic European Multi-Barrel | |
| Gold Medal | Lancaster 4-barrel |
| Richard Edlund | |
| Special Awards | |
| The German Gun Collectors Association Award for “Best Germanic Gun” | |
| Johann Springer 16-bore SxS Underlever Hammer Gun (unserialized)* | |
| The Grouse Point Almanac Award for “Ideal Light-Gauge Upland Gun” | |
| Ferlib Fantasy-grade 20-Bore SxS Sidelock Gun #153 | |
| Malcolm Weaver | |
| The Vintager Award for “the vintage side-by-side gun that best exemplifies the standards and traditions of The Order of Edwardian Gunners” | |
| Wm. Powell Bar-in-Wood 12-Bore Gun | |
| Robert Christensen | |
| The Lefever Collectors Association Award-for “Most Outstanding Lefever Gun” | |
| A-Grade 12-Gauge Gun | Tim Ritter |
| The Gallyon & Sons Award for “Most Outstanding English Hammer Gun” | |
| Wm. Powell Bar-in-Wood 12-Bore Gun | |
| Robert Christensen | |
| The William Larkin Moore Award for “Most Outstanding Italian Gun” | |
| Fabbri 12-Bore Sidelock O/U Gun #816 | |
| Richard Edlund | |
| The J. Rigby & Company Award for “Most Outstanding Rigby Gun or Rifle” | |
| Rigby No. 1 (prototype) 12-Bore Sporting Clays O/U | |
| Alan Gornick | |
| The Boothroyd People’s Choice Award (by popular ballot) | |
| Parker Bros. 28ga./.410 (two-barrel set) Gun #180178 | |
| Paul Dorsa | |
| Best in Show (by consensus of the judges) | |
| Johann Springer 16-bore SxS Underlever Hammer Gun (unserialized)* | |