1886-7 Chamberlin Cartridge Co.

Researcher · 07-03-2015, 09:32 PM

A friend sent me a photocopy of an 1886-7 Chamberlin Cartridge Co. catalogue. I don't know if this is new information or not, but I thought the special loading of cartridges for Parker Guns might be of interest.

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Note on the bottom of Page 7 it states that "The loads adapted for Parker Guns were formulated by Mr. S.A. Tucker, of Parker Brothers."

On the cover it states that they have the capacity to load 200000 shells daily.

Jeff K. · 07-03-2015, 11:28 PM

Not bad, 300 shells for under $10. Made for Parker guns.

Researcher · 07-04-2015, 12:53 AM

Yeah, but most folks in 1886-7 didn't make that $10 in two weeks.

Craig Larter · 07-04-2015, 06:44 AM

Dave: Thanks very much for posting very interesting. I am always amazed by the number of different loadings when factory loaded shells became available. Does anyone know how these factories were set up? I would guess there was very little automation, low paid workings basically hand loading shells at a bench with some very basic tools.

Dean Romig · 07-04-2015, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I would guess there was very little automation, low paid workings basically hand loading shells at a bench with some very basic tools.

Such a system would leave considerable room for error. I wonder what their failure rate was... Overcharges? Undercharges?

George M. Purtill Member #28 · 07-04-2015, 07:44 AM

Chamberlain Cartridges are quite rare. Chamberlain had other companies load for them I think. These are full boxes loaded by Atlantic which was fully automated.