Dec. 28, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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A TRAP SHOOTER HAS BEATEN 
1955 x 2000 For a Season’s Record 
It Was Done With 
WINCHESTER 
REPEATING SHOTGUN and SHOTGUN \SHELLS 
“No Trapshooter Has Ever Beaten 1955 x 2000” 
“The phenomenal record, made by W. H. Heer 
with Remington-UMC Gun and Speed Shells.” 
* * * “It stands as a remarkable example of the possibilities of skilled marksmanship in combination with 
modern arms and ammunition.” 
This gem of inaccuracy, quoted above, was recently offered in the advertisement of a gun and shell 
maker as a “True Guide To Would Be Winners. ” All well posted trap shooters know just how 
true a guide such a misstatement is and will classify it properly. That trap shooters who have 
recently taken up the sport may not be misguided, and in justice to the 
man whose average for a season’s trap shooting in tournaments registered 
by the Interstate Association has never been equalled, we give herewith 
his unbeaten record. 
<]J In the year 1910, E. F. Forsgard, of Waco, Texas, shooting in Registered tourna¬ 
ments at regulation targets, averaged 98 + % for 4895 targets. Is that beating 97.75 % 
for 2000 shots? 
C]J At five consecutive Registered tournaments at regulation targets, Mr. Forsgard 
broke 2077 x 2100, 98.90%. Is that beating 97.75 for 2000 shots? 
Mr. Forsgard in all his shooting used Winchester “Leader’’ or 
“Repeater’’ loaded shells. His gun was a Winchester repeater—not 
a double barreled one of a make so “modern” that it is no longer 
manufactured. 
E. F. FORSGARD 
. , Qa . w . If the above records of Mr. Forsgard don’t beat 1955 x 2000, for 
whose record of 98+% for 4895 targets shot in ? . ... °. . . „ . . .. \\T 1 
Registered Tournaments remain, unbeaten. & SeaSOn g shooting, WC Will paSS the buck With Smile. We MOW 
that it does, however, and consequently rest the matter with trap shooters generally, with a feeling 
akin to “the calm confidence of a Christian sitting behind four aces,” as Mark Twain once said. 
Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Conn. 
