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Unread 04-01-2014, 10:50 PM   #1
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Hi, I'm trying to find any information I can about a trap shooter named L. H. Gambell from Cincinnati Ohio. I have a DHE in trap configuration that was made in 1926 and the serial number is not in the serialization guide. Any information on him would be very helpful. Thank you
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Unread 04-02-2014, 07:57 AM   #2
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Damn, I was excited for a minute but then realized the spelling is different--Proctor and Gamble Co. started in Cincinnati and thought at first that it might be the latters gun.
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I was told that it was the same Gamble of Proctor and Gamble before I saw the gun for the first time, then I saw the name written on the original soft case.
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WOW!! What a beautiful gun!
Are you from Cinci--just passed thru there on Sat on the way to the D-II mens basketball final in Evansville, Ind. Unfortunately my team, West Liberty University Hilltoppers came up short. I work right on the Ohio River in Martins Ferry, Oh--born and raised there.
Post some more pictures if you can,we would all enjoy them.
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Nice gun! Additional pictures in his photo album.
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I live I near Lebanon Ohio and was also born in Cincinnati and never left. What little bit of information I could find out about the original owner was thru old Forest and Stream publications. Mr. Gambell shot at/for the Cincinnati Gun Club, I"m not sure what happened to the club but it no longer exists. The dates that I found were at the turn of the century and then there was a score posted in the 1940's that showed Mrs. L.H. Gambell that also shot trap. I was hopping maybe someone on here might have information on them. The Gun was made in 1926. The serial number is missing #220004 from the identification records. This gun gun has not been shot or shown for 54 years.
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Luther Henry Gambell

Born in Aurora, Indiana on June 22, 1890. When he registered for the draft in WWI he indicated that he was the district manager for the Cincinnati branch of the Joseph Campbell Co. of Camden, NJ (think Campbell Soup). Died September 12, 1957 in Ohio. Buried in Dillsboro, Indiana

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WOW! That was fast. I have looked everyone on the internet and could not get any further than what I posted.
Thanks so much Bob
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In 1930, he lived in the Hyde Park area of Cincinnati, shot 2250 competitive birds, averaged 94.84. He shot no doubles that year. In 1934, he still lived in Hyde Park, at 2713 Erie Avenue. He shot 4650 ATA birds that year, with an average of 95.67. That year, he shot 50 doubles and only broke 29 of them. By 1940, he was living at 229 East 6th Street, or that may have been a business address. That year he shot 3200 targets and averaged a rather astounding 97.03. That year, he shot 324 doubles targets and averaged 86.72. I could give you his entire career in ATA, but you get the idea. He shot a lot and was a pretty hot shooter. It doesn't seem like he shot the Parker for all of his single targets, judging by its condition, unless it is refinished. The rare little Hawkins rifle pad really makes that gun sparkle.
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Mrs. Gambell shot 1200 ATA birds in 1940, averaging 82.83. In 1934, she shot 2200 birds, averaging 84.45. She didn't shoot in 1930.
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