Posted by Drew Hause on December 24, 2021, 6:50 am
Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction https://books.google.com/books?id=1BugAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA568&vq 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 & Rand “Orange Lightning” powder. Bandle shot the same make of gun, 10 gauge, and used, first barrel, four drams wood powder, second, four drams Laflin & Rand “F.F.F. extra” powder, No. 7 shot.
Bandle Arms was a major Smith dealer; 2 A2s and a Monogram stolen
Sporting Life, January 14, 1899, p. 13 $200.00 REWARD OFFERED Wholesale Robbery of Fine Hammerless Shot Guns A reward of $100 has been offered by the Bandle Arms Co., of Cincinnati, and $100 by the Hunter Arms Co., of Fulton, N. Y., for the recovery of guns stolen from the Bandle Arms Co. on Nov. 25. The following circular explains itself:
The following list of Guns were stolen from us Friday night, Nov. 25, 1898. 1 L. C. Smith H’less Pigeon Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 2716. 1 L. C. Smith H’less Pigeon Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 2873. 1 L. C. Smith H’less Pigeon Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 1144. 1 L. C. Smith H’less A2 Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 1937. 1 L. C. Smith H’less A2 Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 2407. 1 L. C. Smith H’less, O Gun, 12 G. No. 44927. 1 L. C. Smith H’less, O Gun, 12 G. No. 44334. 1 L. C. Smith H’less, 2 Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 2932. 1 L. C. Smith H’less, No. 1 Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 2224. 1 L. C. Smith 16 G., H’less, 28-in. bar. No. 60242. 1 L. C. Smith 12 G., H’less, Monogram on Guard, E. A. H. 1 L. C. Smith 12 G., H’less, Name on Stock, E. Bell. 1 Lefever H’less, Eject. Gun, 12 G. No. 22403. 1 Scott & Son, 12 G., H’less. No. 50148. 1 Remington H’less, 12 G. Eject. No. 111761. 1 Remington H’less, 12 G. Eject. No. 111810. 1 Second-hand Parker, H’less, 12 G. $100 grade. 1 Second-Hand 10 G., Harrington & Richardson. 1 Burgess Sample Gun, with frame open on side. Several other Hammer and Hammerless Guns, of which we have no numbers, also 10 dozen Pocket Knives, 2 dozen Revolvers, etc., amounting in all to about $2000.
Will you kindly keep your eyes open for these guns, and any information will be appreciated by us. THE BANDLE ARMS CO., 610 Main Street, CINCINNATI, Ohio. We offer a reward of $100 for the recovery of goods, or $50 for any information that will lead to the recovery of same. G. M. CRAWFORD, President and Treasurer, HENRY GOODMAN, Vice President.
We offer $100 in addition to above. Communicate direct with us. THE HUNTER ARMS CO., FULTON, N. Y.
Sporting Life, February 25, 1899, p. 14 The Bandle Arms Co., of Cincinnati, was robbed last November of a large quantity of guns. They are now in a fair way to recover the entire lot, as the stock has been found in Missouri. A traveling representative of a gun house found that fine guns were being sold at a ridiculously low price at Shelbina, Mo. He notified the Bandle Arms Co., and detectives soon located a case of twenty guns in St. Louis and the others in the hands of shooters in Shelbina, where they had been sold at less than one-half their value. As all of the stolen guns were numbered, and the same advertised in the sporting journals a few month ago, it seems strange that any one should buy a gun except from a reliable dealer without first looking over the list of stolen guns.
Re: Bandle Arms Theft
Posted by Tom Breeden on December 24, 2021, 12:49 pm, in reply to "Bandle Arms Theft"
You can read more about the stolen A-2s in the 2018 Double Gun Journal"L. C. Smith:A Tale of Two A-2s", Volume 29, Issue 3, page 113
