Jeff: more information on the Indian Shoots
http://www.trapshooters.com/threads/...ndians.256412/
https://books.google.com/books?id=6aQvAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA173
And IMHO the greatest of them all, Fred Gilbert
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...iW-cpc/preview
He came out of Spirit Lake an unknown to win the first E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. Grand Smokeless Championship Handicap Live-bird Tournament in 1895 and then won the “E.C.” Inanimate Target Championship in 1896, using a Smith.
He came to his senses
after the 1899 GAH at Live Birds and switched to a Parker. Parker Brothers Order Book No. 41 records BH SN 83855 placed into stock in January, 1896 consigned to Fred Gilbert. The stock book lists a D5 hammerless, 0 extras, straight stock, 12 gauge, 30" barrels, Gun count 482, Damascus barrels.
Toward the end of 1901, Gilbert received his new Parker DH SN 103649; no dolls head, no ejectors, 32" barrels, ordered by Russia Klien. The gun was returned to Parker Brothers in 1903 to be refurbished.
He finished his career with a Parker SBT.