Saw an interesting piece of shooting history today and can't help wondering if I should have brought it home with me.
It was a very nice shooting vest - completely covered in shooting patches. Almost all dated starting in 1939 and runs through 1954. There were patches from Camp Perry, NRA national small bore championships (he won), Detroit Mich. competitions, Mansfield Ohio competitions, ORA state championship patches for every year, there were several others that my memory can't recall as well as the guys leather mitten type shooting glove in one pocket (I'm assuming it was so that the hot barrel didn't burn your hand). The Vest was embroidered with the name "DUKE" on top left.
I don't know a thing about competition rife shooting, but I did think this was a neat piece of history. Any place to research the history to find out who Duke was? The antique shop wanted $75 for the vest and I thought it was worth that just for the vest and glove, let alone 50 neat old patches. If I were into shooting rifles it would be a cool addition to the gun room.
