I live in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the home of Fred Gilbert, Johnny Jahn, and Bob Allen- all three in the Trapshooters' Hall of Fame.
I too enjoyed the story on Gilbert. There is surprisingly very little play or even knowledge of Fred's accomplishments around here. The local county museum has a LC Smith that is basically a derelict parts gun that they pass off as a Gilbert gun- probably from his earlier days. There are some very fun writings around of his early days as a market hunter around here. I think most of the game was barreled up and shipped to Chicago or the Cities.
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