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Dick Baldwin was still working for Remington when I started. We became good friends through our mutual love for the history of the company and trapshooting. He had a bulldog mentality when it came to finding historical memorabilia. He would search high and low and come up with creative avenues to get the 'mother lode'. He was the perfect person to head up the ATA Hall of Fame Museum and added countless treasures to the museum during his tenure. He had a fascinating memory of the past legends in Trapshooting and had met many of them as a youth.
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10-28-2020, 04:51 PM
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I became acquainted with Dick during my days of researching Fred Kimble. He was a Kimble fan and I provided him with pictures of my Kimble paintings and Kimble score card and he used them on the Trapshooter's Hall of Fame web site. I believe I recall Dick's wife buying one of my Kimble books as a Christmas gift for him. He was a wonderful gentleman and I really enjoyed our brief friendship. But it was cut short with Dick's untimely death. His book, "The Road to Yesterday," is a must read for anyone interested in the history of trap shooting.
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10-28-2020, 07:22 PM
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Dick gave me a large collection of Parker Brothers and Remington literature, only because he knew I was a researcher who was very interested in it. The things he gave me are a valuable treasure trove that he accumulated over years with "The Company". He was very interested in getting it into the hands of someone who would appreciate it and share it with others who would also appreciate it. I obtained more items from his daughter in the years that followed his death. He was a great guy and a great shooter. I was lucky to have known him.
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10-28-2020, 09:30 PM
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Looks like two Parker SBT's in the circa 1912 gun cabinet? Or is that another maker? Or is the picture from a later year?
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10-29-2020, 12:30 PM
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Congrats Mills on a beautiful and historic SBT! Were you aware of the Gilbert attribution prior to the purchase, or was this added bonus bestowed by "The Wizard of Harrisburg" via a factory letter?
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I was pleasantly surprised by The Wizard of Harrisburg
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Congratulations Mills on your new gun. You inspired some great stories and accounts of our national shooting history. Wonderful reading.
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