Quote Originally Posted by JB White View Post
That's the sling I was thinking of. Thank you.
No problem. They've been redone now so the fakes are showing up everywhere.

I know exactly where that is, as it's visible from the interstate on my way to Janesville. Never made the connection between canned chili and JP Lee!
That'd be it. When Lee was there he ordered, not being terribly familiar with guns, considerably too much powder. No way to easily move it to Milwaukee so he left it behind when he moved. Hormel located there as the available powder is what gives the chili its' zing.

The guns made in Milwaukee are highly sought after here. These:

Lee Arms Milwaukee

They do show up here so I suspect they were peddled out of Milwaukee after the war.