The old days of the Caddo Rifle and Pistol Club were very active. Shreveport had many prosperous, traveling individuals (oil and gas) I remember reading of several couples from Shreveport hunting with EK and several on the 30+ old days of African Safaris. The Caddo Rifle and Pistol Club was the hub of most of the activity. My Dad used to shoot the NRA 6400 Prone (or metric) matches there years ago. Don't forget this is Jim Clark's home range (the first and maybe still the only civilian trained Nationa Bullseye Champion). Bill Jordan lived there for many years after he retired from the US Border Patrol, I got to know him very well. I believe one of the first clean 6400 matches ever fired was shot there. So it does not surprise me that a cottage trigger maker was on the scene. It would not surprise me if we found him connected to other guns, knowing a little about that landscape. I was about 17 shooting with Bill Jordan and Bud Price, on Mr. Prices, Garland, AR cotton farm and I asked them how they could possibly shoot without ear protection and Mr. Jordan told me he couldn't hear anything anyway!!! He was shooting a .338/.378 KT at a gong at 300 yards. I'll be on the lookout for Mr. Thomas, may run an add in Shreveport Times.
Gary
