I know about Vernor Gipson because he went to the Niedner Rifle Corporation in the late 1930's. I was told that small towns were not his thing and Dowagiac was and is small. When he left Dowagiac (late 1940 or so)he moved to Chicago and teamed up with Hammer the barrel maker as Hammer & Gipson. After that he move to North-Salem Indiana. I saw his name now and then in the American Rifleman but never made an effort to compile any file on him. His rifles run along to the, for lack of a better word, utilitarian side of things. He did a lot of wildcat work and liked the Newton cartridges and seemed to have necked them up and down. I believe that he was the moving force behind the .400-Niedner which was nothing more then the .400-Newton with the Niedner name on them. Heck of a cartridge for a standard length action with a 300 grain bullet at 2700FPS.
The bottom scope is a Winchester scope found on rifles like the model-75 target and other inexpensive .22's. A collectors item more than a shooting item.
