I have one old 38 HE story from 1903 that involves a box I purchased that was shipped to Norvell - Shapleigh Hardware in St. Louis. Reading the bottom of the gun box, I found out who owned the gun, W. B. Luck, Big Springs Texas. It also had the name West Texas National Bank which was in Big Springs. Date on the box was May 21, 1903.
Problem was there was no gun. Searched for years until I found a nice Model 1902 that shipped very early May, 1903 so was very close to matching the date on the box. Great fun tracking down the owner, who was born in Germany and immigrated to Victoria, Texas and was employed as a book keeper there and at the bank in Big Springs. So found the employee, the bank, the distributor, and finally a gun to complete the story.
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Gary
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