John: The April 1896 DuPont Grand Smokeless Powder Championship Live Bird Tournament was a challenge between Fred Gilbert and Isaac Budd
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1896/VOL_27_NO_01/SL2701021.pdf
Gilbert won
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1896/VOL_27_NO_03/SL2703019.pdf
The gun's owner may have attended

Only 2 shooters used a Remington at the 1896 GAH in March; E.S. Singleton was from Williamsport, PA. Could that be his gun?
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1896/VOL_27_NO_01/SL2701022.pdf