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Unread 02-02-2022, 12:49 PM   #1
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In Columbus, dinner at the Claremont Motor Lodge was always a treat. Waitress "Perry" would take orders from 6-7 rowdy gun guys with no paper - just mental - and never made a mistake. It was a show. She always got tipped very heavily
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Best ad writer in Shotgun News was Tom Gibbons. "Never a screw turned."
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Best ad writer in Shotgun News was Tom Gibbons. "Never a screw turned."
Bill, I still have some of Tom's ads that I saved for reference, AND I bought some guns from Tom. I wish I'd known you back then for advice!
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Best ad writer in Shotgun News was Tom Gibbons. "Never a screw turned."
That reminds me of a gun writer who once wrote something like:
"That guy put the screw in screwdriver"
I have used that since.
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Best ad writer in Shotgun News was Tom Gibbons. "Never a screw turned."
And always ended some of the ads on the best Foxes with "WHAT A FOX''!

You could clearly hear this through the pages of the ad. These were the days when an imagination was vivid and well developed. Memories...
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