*Edwin Hedderly ~ Shooting Trap?...

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I had a picture of EH which I thought I had given to Kevin. It was in a magazine article. If Kevin does not have it, I will look for it. He was shooting a 16 gauge at the time. On April 27, 1911, Hedderly was in a trap shoot at a LA club attended by Fred Kimble and other LA luminaries. He shot a 16 gauge in that shoot.

Yes, I have it but don't remember who gave it to me or if I copied it during the many hours I spent in the LOC in Washington. It is a stand alone article, not part of the Western Field 'Smallbore Shotgun' series, and is titled, "The Abused 16 Gauge", all about what a great duck gun the 16 can be.

[Bill Murphy]

OK, here it is. Mr. Hedderly did not shoot registered American Trapshooting Association, or Amateur Trapshooing Association birds from 1913 to 1924. I don't know when Hedderly passed away, but he was obviously not involved in registered trapshooting competition during this time. Kevin, thanks for your research efforts into Hedderly and we wait patiently for the results of this research. I haven't researched the Interstate Association records, which would only be available as individual shoot records rather than annual records of individual shooters. American Trapshooting Association apparently took over from the Interstate Association in 1900, a bit earlier than our era of interest in Edwin Hedderly.