A CENTURY OF SIGHT ~~ AND SIGHTING AIDS WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKWWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKA CENTURY OF SIGHTS AND SIGHTING AIDS Edna Parker has drawn from her own experience as an active participant in the manufacture of rifles, guns, sights and accessories all her working life. Presently Managing Director of Alfred J. Parker Ltd., she has carefiillypreserved family records, old documents and photo- graphs, related accumulated informa- tion and has built up a rare collection of sights which are illustrated here. Colour reproduction of an Edwardian scene at Bisley by Richard Britton the well known Midland painter of shooting scenes. It has been specially com- missioned for this book. A limited number of colour prints 15" x 24" approx. will be on sale as soon as possible. ALFRED]. PARKER LTD. ARMOURY WORKS, 348 MOSELEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM B12 9AZ. ENGLAND. WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKWWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UK~- --- goo o0000000000000000 1880 ? 1980 }0000000000000000g 0 0 0 0 8 It is 100 years since A. G. Parker started to make shooting g 8 accessories for the Martini Henry and Long L. E. Rifles. g 0 0 8 It is 50 years since his son Alfred J. Parker made the first 8 8 Twin Zero Sight and invented the Automatic Zeroing g 8 System on Aperture Sights whereby The Vernier and R ange 8 8 Scales are adjustable to zero. 8 0 0 8 It is hard to imagine life without it. 8 0 0 0 0 8 In this year of 1980 we are still making shooting accessories 8 8 and building rifles. 8 0 0 8 {J ~am.ilq l,.adilion and a se••vice spanni11,g 100 11ea••s. g 0 0 0 Miss Edna R. Parker Armoury Works. 0 8 Director JULy 1980 348 Moseley Road, 8 0 Birmingham, England 6 8 ALFRED J. PARKER LTD. B\2 9AZ 8 90000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 0 Errata Page 5 ref 43 L.R.Tipping 12 & 13 should read L.R.Tippins WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKA CENTURY OF SIGHTS AND SIGHTING AIDS EDNA ROSALIND PARKER 1984 WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKWWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKHOW MUCH WIND AGE? Prince Charles shooting at Bisley, July1980. H. R. H. The Prince of Wales is President of The National Rifle Association. /~<'t- Rosa!Ld ya_~ ~lif:L. ' WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKFOREWORD Edna Parker is the daughter of Alfred J. Parker (founder of Alfred J. Parker Ltd.) granddaughter of A. G. Parker (founder of Parker Hale Ltd.). Her maternal grandfather was John Brown one time chief tester at Webleys, and her grandmother worked at Kynochs as a girl. Her maternal grandparents became resident caretakers at W. W. Greener Ltd. with personal recollections ofW. W. Greener himself. Her cousins are gunsmiths A. A. Brown & Sons makers of high grade sidelock guns. Her paternal interests are rooted in the military and target branch of shooting and the design and manufacture of shooting accessories and engmeermg. By ancestry and dedication she has very deep roots in the Gun Trade and succeeded her father as managing director of the Company. In recording this history of target rifle sights, she pays tribute to her father, the late Alfred]. Parker who died in 1965. He was probably the most famous of all sight designers. His influence covered over half a century. He not only designed and patented innumerable target sights but also manufactured them in his own works. He was a well known shot and a Kings fmalist. A life member of the N .R.A., he attended every Bisley meeting from 1900 to 1964. WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKNext >