UMC "Club" was Union Metallic Cartridge Co.'s lower priced brass case for hand loading blackpowder shot shells. "New Club" was UMC's paper case loaded black powder shell. "Nitro Club" was UMC's low brass smokeless powder shell, and the "Trap" was their high brass loaded smokeless powder shell. Over the years the "Trap" was replaced by the "Arrow" shell. In the early years of the 20th century, just to make sure someone didn't mistake a handload for thier factory loaded "New Club", "Nitro Club", "Trap" and "Arrow" shells they headstamped the new primed empties (NPEs) they sold differently -- the NPE equivalent of a "New Club" was "Union" -- the NPE equivalent of the "Nitro Club" was "Challenge" with a base wad for bulk smokeless powder and "Monarch" with a base wad for dense smokeless powder -- the NPE equivalent of the "Arrow" was "Magic" with a base wad for bulk smokeless powder and "Acme" with a base wad for dense smokeless powder -- the NPE equivalent of the "Trap" which was only offered with bulk smokelss powders was "Expert". By 1910 they dropped this practice and sold NPEs headstamped "New Club", "Nitro Club" and "Arrow" with "HAND LOADED" stamped on the paper tube.
None of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. paper I have specifies the brand of black powder in their "New Club" shells. Both their "Nitro Club" and "Arrow" shells were offered with Laflin & Rand Infallible dense smokeless powder.
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