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A True magazine article that chronicled Herb’s
accomplishments tagged him as the “Showman Shooter” and the moniker stuck.
On the way to an exhibition, Herb would stop at a supermarket
where he collected what he called his "groceries." He bought oranges,
grapefruit, potatoes, cabbages, turnips, and several dozen eggs. Wherever he
went, the town’s people were about to witness one of the greatest shooting
exhibitions of all time—a combination of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, Annie
Oakley, Doc Carver, P.T. Barnum and a Vaudeville comedy routine.
In 55 frenzied minutes, Herb typically shot, non-stop, more
than 15 Winchester firearms 52 different ways at more than 800 targets, scoring
99 percent on them. The ones he missed, he said, were “hens.”
Herb was
hired in 1929 by Winchester to be a salesman for the Mississippi territory. Winchester
advertisements from the era called Herb the “Winchester Wizard.” He came to
epitomize the idea that being good with a gun was a way to become a better man,
and nothing could better illustrate just how valuable our Second Amendment
really is to all Americans. Upon Herb’s early passing in 1959 at age 51, he had
been a Winchester man for 30 years. His love of hunting and shooting was only
surpassed by his devotion to family and church.
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A True magazine article that chronicled Herb’s
accomplishments tagged him as the “Showman Shooter” and the moniker stuck.
On the way to an exhibition, Herb would stop at a supermarket
where he collected what he called his "groceries." He bought oranges,
grapefruit, potatoes, cabbages, turnips, and several dozen eggs. Wherever he
went, the town’s people were about to witness one of the greatest shooting
exhibitions of all time—a combination of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, Annie
Oakley, Doc Carver, P.T. Barnum and a Vaudeville comedy routine.
In 55 frenzied minutes, Herb typically shot, non-stop, more
than 15 Winchester firearms 52 different ways at more than 800 targets, scoring
99 percent on them. The ones he missed, he said, were “hens.”
Herb was
hired in 1929 by Winchester to be a salesman for the Mississippi territory. Winchester
advertisements from the era called Herb the “Winchester Wizard.” He came to
epitomize the idea that being good with a gun was a way to become a better man,
and nothing could better illustrate just how valuable our Second Amendment
really is to all Americans. Upon Herb’s early passing in 1959 at age 51, he had
been a Winchester man for 30 years. His love of hunting and shooting was only
surpassed by his devotion to family and church.
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