I Saw the Light

[John Davis]

I want to see a picture of Harry shooting Gilbert's gun at Forrest City.

[Dean Romig]

Forest City NC or Forest City ME ?





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[John Davis]

Forest City Gun Club, Savannah, Ga.

[Mills]

Originally Posted by John Davis

Forest City Gun Club, Savannah, Ga.

That is coming, assuming his 12 year old independence cooperates

[Mills]

Good Parker Pages article in here somewhere. That is for sure.

[Mills]

Sneak preview

[Mills]

Have any other Fred Gilbert SBT's surfaced?

[GunnerGrilli]

Well Gentlemen what a day. I inherited my first SBT a few years back, it is Serial #185102. About a month ago I purchased several more SBT's with the dream of shooting them. That dream happened today at the local Trap Range. I brought a couple just in case a friend of mine was so inclined to join in the fun. This is the first time I have ever shot an SBT.........first time I even shouldered the gun. What a blast. Broke 25 straight the first time out of the case. A very surreal experience...........I just love it. Birds that I should not have normally hit if I where shooting my normal gun just broke!! Amazing!! When I was on, there was nothing better. Talk about "Smashing Clays". Had such a great time and feel so awesome!! Just a great experience and so glad we made it happen. I finally convinced my buddy to shoot the other SBT I brought. We had (2) SBT's on the line..................all the local trap guys where definitely fixated on the (2) out of town guys smashing clays both with SBT's!! That time we came off the line both with 24.............not too shabby. Sure hope to meet and shoot with some of you gentlemen soon.

[John Davis]

Great shooting. Keep carrying those Parkers to the line.

[J. Scott Hanes]

Originally Posted by John Davis

I don't think so. He was a professional shooter and was getting lots of guns from Parker on consignment. He wasn't wed to them. It's not beyond reason to surmise he would have set the record with this gun and then sent it back. And after all, it was on consignment/loan and had to go back at some point.

I believe if we can determine Gilbert had this gun when the record was set, then that's a pretty good argument for it being the one. Of course we will never know for sure unless someone identifies it by serial number in a report or account of the shoot. And that's a long shot.

Regardless, having a Parker that was once in Fred Gilbert's hands is very cool.

Not to throw cold water on the possibility that this Parker was the one Gilbert made the long run with, however, I KNOW trapshooters and if Gilbert did use the SBT in question in the long run, it would not have been returned! He would have purchased it before ever sending it back. For a top professional in that era, a consignment really had no time limit.

Scott Hanes