who is Barbra Carter

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received this rifle a few months ago ,it is i guess a typical long branch no4,except for the parker and hale target site and the fact that it has a name tag on the right side of the butt stock.
The tag reads Barbara Carter 1955.My question is who is Barbara Carter,maybe someone out there might know,any info would be appreciated.
Here are a few pics of the rifle






 
If Barbara Carter shot DCRA/ORA there will be records of where, when and match results. If she made the Bisley team, there will be match records from the UK as well.
I would suggest that you write to the DCRA, and ask.
I have a Bisley Prize rifle, won by a Canadian in 1899, and was able to obtain information from England, and looked him up in the bound DCRA records at Connaught.
 
That's a very fine looking target rifle. I like the filet of wood that was added if front of the king/guard screw to set up the bedding properly. And who says Barbara was a girl? After all there have been guys named Sue or Kim.;)
 
Sent an e-mail to Don and Doran Sewell, who both competed during that time and are in the DCRA and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. We have pictures at the range going back to the late 1800's and there is another female marksman other then Doran on the Canadian teams, I will check next time and if it is her, copy and post the picture.
 
Bob said:
Sent an e-mail to Don and Doran Sewell, who both competed during that time and are in the DCRA and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. We have pictures at the range going back to the late 1800's and there is another female marksman other then Doran on the Canadian teams, I will check next time and if it is her, copy and post the picture.
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If you are rummaging around in the Manitoba records perhaps you could look for another name. I have what seems to be a No1MkIII commercial target rifle which is engraved as follows on the receiver ring, "Fred. Kaye Winnipeg". I suspect this one might go back to the 1920s-30s.
 
purple said:
If you are rummaging around in the Manitoba records perhaps you could look for another name. I have what seems to be a No1MkIII commercial target rifle which is engraved as follows on the receiver ring, "Fred. Kaye Winnipeg". I suspect this one might go back to the 1920s-30s.
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I will check our photo's for that name also, in some of the late 60's teams the odd No1Mk111 can still be seen.
 
Not that this relates directly to Barbara Carter,

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Where is the range with the targets operating through the slots in the overhead? Must be very hard for the markers to spot hits without being able to see the backstop.
 
If you google it..the First & only relevant clue is an Old link from Ellwood Epps...looks like an Old for sale ad, looks like they had it at one time.. give them a call.
 
I recall shooting on the right side of Delta during the Nationals. The girl pulling targets must have been tall, and she wasn't taking the target all the way down to serve it. You could see her hand working the indicators.
When were the butts rebuilt that way?
We installed concrete butts at MilCun season before last. Instead of poured concrete, we used cast concrete blocks with concrete slabs overhead. Giant Legos. Easy to build. Laid down crushed stone, then built up the butts on that. Seven bays. I think that MilCun is the only privately owned range in ON with butts.

Back to the original topic - records of fullbore competitive shooting are remarkably complete. In the DCRA office at Connaught, there are shelves and shelves of bound volumes, year by year.
 
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