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Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns At The Vintage Cup World Side-by-Side Championships Exhibition 2002 Proudly Presented by the NRA |
| GOLD MEDAL CONCOURS IV AWARDS & WINNERS Click on link to see the gun. More photos coming… |
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Shotguns Antique |
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| Bronze Medal | Wm. Smith 16-bore flintlock SxS #2859 (1822) |
| Lewis Drake | |
| Hammer Side by Side | |
| Silver Medal | Mattis 16-bore (1915) |
| Dietrich Apel | |
| Bronze Medal | Dickson 16-bore #3928 (1885) |
| Wayne Nish | |
| British Boxlock Side by Side | |
| Bronze Medal | W.W. Greener 3-inch 12-bore #68708 (1930) |
| Richard Raymond | |
| .410 Side by Side | |
| Silver Medal | |
| Stephen Cobb | |
| Bronze Medal | Watson Bros. Boxlock Ejector #10121 (1929) |
| Malcolm MacGregor | |
| Vintage American Shotgun | |
| Silver Medal | Parker AAH-Grade 12-gauge #82129 (1895) | Roger Bain |
| Custom/Upgrade Shotgun | |
| Silver Medal | L.C. Smith 20-gauge Sidelock Ejector #FWE79002 (1925) Field-Deluxe |
| Michael Lepore | |
| Bronze Medal | Winchester Model 21 16-gauge #6511 |
| Roger Bain | |
| Rifles | |
| Hammerless Double Rifle | |
| Silver Medal | Alex Henry .450/.400-23/8 #6392 (Maharaj Rana of Dholpoor rifle) |
| Monty Whitley | |
| Hammer Double Rifle | |
| Silver Medal | Georges Crahay 12-bore gun/rifle two-barrel set, unserialized |
| Monty Whitley | |
| Smallbore Rifle | |
| Gold Medal | Holland & Holland .295 single-barrel rook rifle #21471 (1897) |
| Ted Rowe | |
| New Rifle | |
| Silver Medal | Ehinger Jones Underlever .45-70 SxS #602 (2002) |
| Michael Ehinger | |
| Bronze Medal | McCarthy Jaeger-style break-action .50-cal. flintlock, unserialized |
| William McCarthy |
| Gold Medal Concours IV Special Awards |
| The NRA Cup awarded to “the gun or rifle of greatest historical significance to the development of sporting firearms” Marlin 1897 lever-action .22 rifle No. F14721, gold-washed, made in 1900 and presented to Buffalo Bill; with copious provenance Stephen Farfaro |
| The German Gun Collectors Association Award for “Best Germanic Gun” J.P. Sauer single-barrel stalking rifle No. 32529, caliber 7x57R Kirby Hoyt |
| The Double Gun Journal Award for “Best Double Rifle for North American Game” Marcel Thys sidelock SxS No. 71, .375H&H , game-scene engraved by Vrankin Vic Simone |
| The Double Gun Journal Award for “Best Double Rifle for Dangerous Game” Holland & Holland sidelock SxS No. 17892, .500/.450-the Fletcher Jamieson rifle Logan Reed |
| The Grouse Point Almanac Award for the “Ideal Light-Gauge Upland Gun” GH-grade 28-gauge No. 103438, made 1901, damascus barrels (“Grandma’s Gun”) Kevin McCormack |
| The Shooting Sportsman Award for “a contemporary custom-fitted game gun less than $15,000 in value that best typifies the ideal for upland gunning” Westley Richards 20-bore droplock ejector SxS No. 17064 Malcolm MacGregor |
| The Vintager Award for “the vintage side-by-side gun that best exemplifies the standards and traditions of The Order of Edwardian Gunners” Alex Henry hammer SxS rifle No. 6408, .450BPE Malcolm MacGregor |
| The Boothroyd People’s Choice Award (by popular ballot) Tie: Ehinger underlever hammer SxS rifle No. 602, .45-70 Michael Ehinger Lancaster sidelock SxS No. 13315, .450-31/4,-the Finch-Hatton rifle John Ormiston |
| Best in Show (by consensus of the judges) Holland & Holland hammerless rook rifle No. 21471, boxlock single-shot .295 Ted Rowe |
| The following Parker awards were made by Ron Kirby, executive director of the Parker Gun Collectors Association; Austin Hogan, PGCA board member; and David Suponski, PGCA life member: |
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The Parker Gun Collectors Association Award for “Most Outstanding Original Hammer Parker” C-Grade 10-gauge No. 49795, made 1887,with damascus barrels William Murphy |
| The Parker Gun Collectors Association Award for “Most Outstanding Original Hammerless Parker” AAH-grade 12-gauge No. 90633 made for John Philip Sousa in 1899 Roger Bain |
| The Parker Gun Collectors Association Award for “Most Outstanding Custom Parker” 16-gauge upgrade No. 231103, ca. 1928 Wiley Bower |
| The Parker Gun Collectors Association Award for “Most Outstanding Smallbore Parker” VHE-grade .410-bore No. 237223, made 1938 Stephen Cobb |
| The Parker Gun Collectors Association Award for “Most Outstanding Early Parker” GH-grade 28-gauge No. 103438 made 1901, damascus barrels (“Grandma’s Gun”) Kevin McCormack |