No. Ansley was on the road promoting Winchester ammunition and shooting a Parker Bros. gun during the early days of Baltimore Arms Co. and by August 1900 the Big W had him shucking a Model 1897.

It would be grand to have a recording of that January 2, 1900, share holders meeting of the Fox Gun Co., Balto., MD., U.S.A., that led to four of the directors and one director's brother incorporating Baltimore Arms Co. under the laws of the state of West Virginia eight days later.