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The full image of the man with the Model of 1919, comes to us from the London Times and

refound by our member Michael Curran. The whole image shows magazines and pouches on

the ground and identifies the shooter.

His name is Mr. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges. Research shows him to be a real life "Indiana Jones",

an explorer and adventurer. He is also responsible for finding the first "Crystal Skull,"

thought to have been made by aliens. Two other images were also included in the article and

are shown below and help to date the shooting exhibit to be prior to July 16, 1921. The

reference to the "demonstration before the Bisley Committee", refers to the trials held on

June 30, 1921 at Camp Bisley, England.

Now here is were the real conjecture on my part starts. Notice the "black bag" on the ground

near the magazines in the photo of Mitchell-Hedges. This looks very much like the bag shown

in Figure 66, from the book "Ultimate Thompson Book," sitting next to Oscar Payne. Where

was this shoot at the Eickhoff farm in Painesville, Ohio? Who was the photographer, whose

shadow is shown in the image? Eickhoff or Payne? Isn't it fun to guess?