Pad Type for a DHE

[Bob Roble]

Thanks, I did in fact just rejoin the PGCA and apparently some information does exist on this particular gun. All the best, Bob.

[Researcher]

Drew, the earliest ads I've seen for the D-W pad are from 1929 --

D.W. Recoil Pad, American Rifleman Feb 1929.jpg

and show a 1922 Patent date.

In 1911 a Silvers was about it. My 1912 SD&G catalog only shows the Silvers pad and my 1915 H & D Folsom catalog only has the Silvers and the Grieb. The Silvers in those days was curved and had a spur --

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There were several different rubber slip-on or leather lace-on pads, Akron being a popular brand.

[Drew Hause]

You are correct Dave. It was the Y.C. (Young & Cadwallader) pad.
1916 H.S.B, & Co. catalog



H.W. Cadwallader
https://www.trapshooters.com/threads...4#post-9288322

I did find the D-W in the October 1925 Outdoor Life



I haven't been able to find who D & W were

[Bill Murphy]

The patent should tell us their names.

[Drew Hause]

E.E. Dewhurst of Elyria, Ohio (about an hour from Goodyear in Akron) patented a rubber recoil pad #1,414,116 April 25, 1922