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I came across several Tobin ads in the 1913-1915 Rod And Gun In Canada which I've added here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oDJQ1usil2iRMrlJgyg5HXVpR8lIo6QX5cCDwgojC8g/edit# It is likely things were winding down at Tobin Arms in 1915, though advertising continued into 1916. It is not clear when Gladstone Blake Crandall bought the remains of the company, but Tobin Arms Manufacturing Company, Ltd. is not listed in the Woodstock City Directories after 1916. Canada's entrance into the WWI with Great Britain in August 1914 probably contributed to the demise of Tobin Arms. April 1915 with "special war-time bargains" I assume the $60 gun was the Trap Grade No. 70 May 1915
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Might have been Dave that posted that Frank lost his zeal for the manufacturing end of the business when a shipment of European walnut was lost due to a German U-boat.
I believe that smokeless powder loads had a hand in it as well. The frame with the sides hogged out for the cocking mechanisms is a liability. If the world continued with only black powder, more of them would be around today, I think.
Frank’s gun is pretty.
Best, Ted
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Thanks Daryl. In January 1915 Rod and Gun in Canada was giving a "Boy Scout Rifle" for selling 5 subscriptions
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Drew, thanks. That’s a fun mental picture of a young person trying to sell subscriptions , dreaming of a rifle. Norman Rockwell, or similar would have been great. Do any other illustrations come to mind with similar topics?
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Great idea for a thread. I've got a bunch of ads with boys dreaming of guns, esp. around Christmas. I'll start another thread later. Winchester appears to have used the same boy in the Daisy ads
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I've found some more Tobin ads in Rod and Gun in Canada, including this September 1910. They are up on the album linked above Frank Tobin's gun?
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Drew, you might have something on the catalog illustration being Frank Tobin's gun. Here it is in the flesh. The single trigger position is different , but there are lots of similarities.
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That's a good story on Tobin in 1911.
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