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Taking Aim at the Future

Looks like a double barreled 12 gauge shotgun....

C. W. Billings was a member of the American Olympic Trapshooting team. He competed in the Travers Island Trap competition in both 1911 and 1913.

I started an entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._Billings

美麗的照片

New York area marksman C.B. Winder - Winner of the Leech Cup match held in Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 1903 - mentioned in a New York Times article as Captain C.B. Winder - query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E6D71230E132A...

The rifle is the 1905 version of the 1903 Springfield.

nice rifle

1911 photo, probably taken at the National Military marksmanship contests at Camp Perry, Ohio. This was the fifth year in a row that the contests had been held at Camp Perry. Colonel A. C. Sharpe was at Camp Perry also:

I added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._B._Winder

the used flashbulb in the frame - accidental, or wry commentary on the inauthenticity of govt funded wartime documentary work?

Accidental. There were many combat photographers during this time. People were smart enough to know what is staged and what is not most of the time. There is plenty of authentic government funded war time documentary work. More like photographer was not paying attention.

this is a great shot, but one thing that stics out to me is.. the helmet does not macth up with the M1 Garand. If he was holding a garand he would have a later style helmet, maybe its just cause im a world war 2 nerd haha

Great shot!.

pero ..¿qué podían hacer con ese casco que parece que se cae por todos los lados?