We need to figure out the date of Gilbert's world record straight run. There's a decent chance that this was the gun.

From the 1920 catalogue

That would be really cool! Unless he ordered or had another SBT during that time, it would have to be. The fact that he returned it for credit suggests against it though

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.

Lots of good news today, of which this was a big one. The bad news is the seller was not able to get it shipped, so we wait another day

In my files I have noted Gilbert took delivery of a Parker SBT #180116... I think he was 54 years old in 1919 when he set the long run record. Have not found the date of the long run. I know it was before October of 1919

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According to D. H. Eaton, "Trapshooting, The Patriotic Sport", Fred Gilbert set the professional long run world record of 591 (571 registered targets and 20 practice targets) July 29 to August 7, 1919.

He had this gun during that time

Harry has some big shoes to fill.

Talk about "we're not worthy "