It may have been at Mason City, Iowa State shoot June 16-19 600 target thrown during that tournament. High professional Fred Gilbert with a 592...

Randy Davis
Trap3

The 1919 Sportsmen`s Review record book, long runs of 100 or better shows Fred Gilbert shot many straights/long runs. Not sure when they scored the advertised 589 with a Parker SBT... Here are the listed records...

Feb.10-15 Kansas City 131, June 16-19 Mason City, 197 & 129 Aug. 4-5 Spirit Lake 300, Sept. 4-11 Chariton Iowa & Waterloo Iowa, 502 (412 were registered targets) Sept. 28, Manning Iowa, 150...

RD

Ok... after more research from the annual American Trapshooting Association`s Official Registered Trapshooting Tournament records, 591 Straight by Fred Gilbert (professional) happened at 4 consecutive tournaments. Cherokee Iowa, July29, Pocahontas Iowa, July 31, Spirit Lake August 4&5 and Hampton Iowa, August 7, 1919.
(This run includes 571 consecutive registered(tournament)targets and 20 shot in practice. He is credited with 13 long runs of 100 or better. So now we know...

RD
Trap3

Ok thanks! That is great. Do you have a link to the source?

In working with our research chairman, the SBT’s ordered by Gilbert were all pistol grips and not straight stock like the one in the Parker ad.

Investigation continues . . . .

Mills: we've had a thread regarding the grooved FE, which no one has apparently seen

"The American Shooter" 9-1-1917

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"Breeder & Sportsman" November 1918

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Right. I wonder if it exists or if it ever did?

Mills, don't you love "hunts" like this?! Almost as good as following a dog after birds (a.k.a. quail to Northerners).:)

Gilbert Long Run
 

Mills,

Don`t know of a link... quoted word for word from my collection of old Trapshooting publications...

RD

My SBT was shipped to Gilbert on June 13, 1919, so the July start would be right. Of course, we will never know for sure. 180116 seems to have been a special gun for him. I wonder where it is?

Another minor point . . . Was it 589 or 591? It seems some sources say 589 and some 591.