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    Christmas Day Shoot 1889 Archived Message

    Posted by H. McMurchy on December 12, 2015, 4:34 pm

    Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction 1889
    Al. Bandle, of Cincinnati, on Christmas Day defeated the famous shot, Captain A. H. Bogardus, by killing 100 live birds straight to the Captain's equally remarkable record of 95.
    Bogardus shot a 12-gauge L.C. Smith gun, hammerless, 7 lbs. 12 oz. weight and shot 4 drams American wood powder in his first barrel, 1 1/4 oz. No. 8 shot in first and 1 1/4 oz. No. 7 in second, backed up with 3 1/4 drams Laflin and Rand Orange Lightning powder.
    Bandle shot the same make of gun, 10 gauge, and used, first barrel, 4 drams wood powder, second, 4 drams Laflin and Rand "F. F. F. extra" powder, No. 7 shot.


    From a testimonial in an 1888 Syrascuse L.C. smith catalog dated May 27, 1887 from Elkhart, Ill.
    Dear Sir: "I have tested the two Hammerless guns that you made to my order and find them equal to any gun I have ever shot or examined. I think the fastening superior in construction to that of any gun that I have ever examined and it is my judgment that your guns will not become loose and shaky by hard usage. The guns hand and balance equal to any foreign gun that I am familiar with. Workmanship also good."
    Yours Respectfully, CAPT A.H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of the World


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