I use to think the original photo was the version on the 2008 PGCA calendar. However, on close examination there are some anomalies in that version of the picture. The 2008 calendar clearly shows 10-gauge on the wooden crate, a Nitro Club crate for the specified load of 36 grains of Ballistite pushing 1 1/4 ounce of #4, but the boxes shown are Nitro Club Heavy Duck Loads that were only offered in 12- and 20-gauge?!? All of those loads were gone seven or eight years before Remington Arms Co., Inc. acquired Parker. So I'm wondering if there is an earlier version of the picture from the early to mid-1920s with Mike holding a Remington Model 10, 11 or 17 that would be contemporary with those Remington Nitro Club Heavy Duck Loads?
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