tbird1960 wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 12:22pm:


Hello Bill,

Are you completely sure about the spelling of the surname? There was a smith called Vernor Gipson (sometimes mis-spelt as Gibson who worked for the A.O.Neidner Corporation at Dowagiac, Michigan, starting work there in 1939.

The man who knows perhaps more about Neidner and his employees  is a Michael Petrov who you can contact through :- (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links);

He is to be found on the second botton forum on the home page which relates to custom single shot an repeating rifles.

PM him with a complete description of your rifle and all the marking upon it

A photograph of Neidner and his workers, including Gipson is to be seen on page 42 of Mr. Petrov's book:- Custom Gunmakers of the 20th Century.

I hope this helps.

Harry.

C.S. Landis has a chapter on Vernor Gipson in his 1951 book "Woodchucks and Woodchuck Rifles".  Pages 308 to 323.