Mark Arie used his Marlin Model 28D (introduced in 1913) in the Olympic games. The gun and Olympic medals are shown on p. 396 in
Marlin Firearms: A History of the Guns and the Company That Made Them by William S. Brophy but is mislabeled as a Model 43 which was not introduced until 1922.
1914
But was the first shooter to run 100 straight doubles from scratch when he broke the first 163 in a 200-bird race at the Great Western Handicap at the Denver Municipal TC on July 18, 1926 with his Smith
BTW: Troeh's Smith in that image was not his Crown grade; HOT and AE, Schnabel BTFE and Monte Carlo stock, no safety and 2 7/8" chambers. Research by Dr. Jim showed the gun to have been consigned to Troeh in March 1928. It is not known if he used the gun to win the Grand American Doubles in 1928 (after winning in 1927).
Interestingly, the gun was return to Hunter Arms March 31, 1929, then sold to J.R. Graham (Gold Medal at the 1912 Olympics) in Sept. 1930.
Troeh mostly used a Model 12 on singles
Bart Lewis had the high average in 1922 and won the Grand American Doubles in 1926. He shot a Crown grade Double Barrel Trap with 32" Whitworth steel barrels, Hunter One-Trigger, and a straight grip stock.
