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OT: Taylor Fur Getter

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Mark

04-05-2006 07:43:13




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I got to thinking that some of you being raised on the farm or maybe trapped for fur, has seen one of these contraptions. I have looked to buy one for years.
The Taylor Fur getter is a .22 caliber 'set gun' sold by the Taylor Fur Company of St. Louis, Mo. back in the 1920's and 30's. It is made of brass or bronze and is about 12" long and has a stake about midway. The trigger is a bait hook that sits in front of the muzzle. The idea is that brer Fox takes a bite and commits suicide. I imagine there are more of these around than folks will admit to because they think they have something illegal to own. they are illegal to USE, but not to own. The ATF placed them on the 'Curio and Relics' list because that is what they are..a curio. That kept the Fur Getter from falling under the short barreled weapon and dangerous device auspices of the Federal Firearms Act of 1934. So if you have one, I'd like to buy it.....and if nothing else, at least have a picture of it.

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Randy_NE

04-05-2006 09:01:15




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Mark , 04-05-2006 07:43:13  
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Here is a pic for you. Do a Google search and you will find all kinds of info.

Randy



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KIP in MX

04-05-2006 16:09:30




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Randy_NE, 04-05-2006 09:01:15  
Reminds me of those old cyanide guns that used .38 blanks for coyotes. When I was young, all the ranch kids were taught to stay far away from them. Usually the tip was painted orange so you could see it sticking up in the ground.



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Mark

04-05-2006 11:35:25




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Randy_NE, 04-05-2006 09:01:15  
Randy,
I have searched everything on the internet I can find and have seen a few pictures there..I was hoping if anybody here owned one, they would share a picture of theirs. Not the picture you posted.....there was a long stake that woosscrew was concealed in. The stake had a sharp point to be jabbed in the ground....you could remove it and use that wood screw to mount the Getter to a fence post or tree. This 'option' was dropped about serial number 500 according to my information. Thanks for posting the picture..I doubt few have ever seen one.

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Jarod

03-17-2007 23:25:13




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Mark , 04-05-2006 11:35:25  
Well I've seen 5 in my lifetime and have one that may be for sale. But I'll sell you that you will not find one for less than 1600. I'd be more interested if I could find someone who has the original wood box it came in.

Jarod D.



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Mike M

04-05-2006 09:22:02




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Randy_NE, 04-05-2006 09:01:15  
That's what every American needs so they can hang their money on the hook then when "big brother" grabs it - blamo !

Now that's campaign finance reform !



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Coloken

04-05-2006 07:50:28




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Mark , 04-05-2006 07:43:13  
No help, but yes, I did see a picture of one when I was a kid. Maybe Montgomery Wards catalog about 1935 ???



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Mark

04-05-2006 08:07:35




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 Re: OT: Taylor Fur Getter in reply to Coloken, 04-05-2006 07:50:28  
Coloken,
I don't know if Ward's sold them or not. I have done some research on them....a big ordeal actually, as information is scarce. The design was patented by Charles Lovelace of Texas, around 1912. He made a few and sold them under the name of the Texas Firearms Co. Later, a couple of the old-time fur companies picked them up, Taylor being one of them. I don't know if Taylor bought the patent rights or just paid a royalty. There were shotshell versions and some made in .38 and .44 calibers, but the .22 version outsold them all for obvious reasons. Hopkins&Allen made the shotshell versions and Mossberg made the .22 version. Now, Mossberg didn't go into business until 1921..so we know the .22 version was made after that. My research shows that the Fur Getter disappeared from the Taylor catalog circa 1941..the war probably responsible. It never reappeared afterwards....game laws probably caught up with it by then. They sold for $3.35!

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