Vintagers Order of Edwardian Gunners Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns

In addition to the class awards, guns entered in the 6th Gold Medal Concours will be considered for these Special Awards:

Best in Show* – awarded by consensus of the judges

The Boothroyd People’s Choice Award* – named in honor of the late fine-gun writer Geoffrey Boothroyed and determined by popular ballot

The NRA Cup* – awarded to “the gun or rifle of greatest historical significance to the development of sporting firearms”

The Shooting Sportsman Magazine Award – for “a contemporary custom-fitted game gun that best typifies the ideal for upland hunting”

The Vintager Award – for “the vintage side-by-side that best exemplifies the standards and traditions of The Order of Edwardian Gunners”.

The William Larkin Moore Award – for the Best Italian Gun

The Grouse Point Almanac Award – “the ideal light-guage upland gun”

The German Gun Collectors Association Award – for the Best Germanic Gun

The Lefever Arms Collectors Association Awards – for Best Lefever in Show 2003; for the Lefever that best
exemplifies overall rarity, quality of workmanship, originality and historical significance.

The Parker Gun Collectors Association Award — for “the finest Parker of all the Parkers in the Gold Medal Concours d’Elegance of Fine Guns”

*The winner of the award will be invited to be displayed at The National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia