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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 24, 1960 reads, "Shows barrel liner - Claude Purbaugh, left, shows Valley trap shooter James Evans how insert barrel liner fits shotgun. Purbaugh invented method for reducing gauge of shotgun with aluminum tubes of smaller caliber. This method gives gun owner choice of other gauges."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Shooters of firearms--California--San Fernando Valley Inventors--California--San Fernando Valley Shotguns--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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