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Ok Steve,
Thanks for doing the up load. There's only two of them so far. I'll send them to you later. As to the size of the 10 ring, it was 2 inches and the distance was 50 yds, later on the distance was changed to 50 meters but the 10 ring stayed the same.

I've shot a lot of those matches with some of the older guns, most of them had about two pound triggers so it's not that easy, it does become easer if you are shooting a Free Pistol with less than a 5 oz. trigger.
ST

The quote above is from a portion of Wesson's book called "Revolvers" while the next section in the book is "Pistols", so I suspect the 10, 50 and 100 shot records are with the #3.

I had heard that the G & H '99 went to a new home in Montana. Hope the new owner enjoys it as much as I did. Obviously, he is shooting it more than I ever did!

ST, have you ever shot a Tompkins with its "zero motion" trigger? I recently acquired one that is out getting refinished as it was rust covered. Bore looks excellent, however.

Terry,
I remember them being advertised when they first came out but never had the opportunity to shoot one, in fact I may have some of the old adds for them around here somewhere, they didn't seem to catch on very well and I've never seen one used in a match.
ST

1898

FOR SET-TRIGGER:
Looking quite a bit more western...1908 OYMPIC TEAM
J.E. GORMAN

Terry, the 99 was shooting very good except about 8" high at 50 yards with the scope. The elevation adjustment was very odd (4 lock screws?) and seemed to be maxed out.
Very interesting rifle!

Terry,

A friend of mine has (or had) a Tompkins. I put about 500 rounds through it some 20 years ago. Very accurate and interesting, but I only shot it at beer cans. I remember the trigger pull or lack thereof. The same chap had a Winchester 63 that went full auto when I shot it. Full of dirt.

When were the Tompkins made (1950?) and how many were made?

Richard

Steve, I owned that 99 years ago. I bought it from John M. Grant, Jr. who showed me the first double rifle I had ever seen, a Woodward underlever, and also sold me the nastiest kicker I have ever shot, a Sedgely Springfield .35 Newton. At that time the 99 had a fat 4x Goerz in a G&H single lever mount. I sold it through SGN for $175, which will give you an idea of how long ago that was. Years later it showed up in the hands of Pennsylvania dealer Bob Gullone, without the Goerz. I was not into 99s then and Terry ended up with it. A very fine and unusual G&H.

Mark:

Do you have any idea what happened to Bob Gullone? He's vanished from the PA gun shows at Allentown, where he was a fixture.

The last time I saw him he looked to be having some health issues.

Rem