First .410 25 straight Skeet
 

I found this in the December 1929 National Sportsman magazine.

In those days the 2 1/2-inch .410-bore carried 3/8-ounce of shot.

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In the 1934/5-time frame the 2 1/2-inch .410-bore payload was upped to the 1/2-ounce we know today.

Dave, what was the first year for the 3” ??





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The 3-inch .410-bore shell was introduced during 1933 along with the Winchester Model 42. From the July 1933 issue of Field & Stream --

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I'm probably going to put my 410 Iver Johnson Skeeter for sale.

PM sent Allen





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You should list it in the "Probably For Sale" section.

Remington/DuPont acquired Parker shortly after the 3-inch .410-bore shell was introduced by Winchester-Western/Olin, giving Remington their first .410-bore shotgun. I first see Remington offering a 3-inch .410-bore shell in the Remington Kleanbore Shotgun Shells & Cartridges dated 8-34. While they offered the same 3/4-ounce load that the Olins brought out, they also offered a 5/8-ounce load for which they claimed, "the 5/8 oz. load has 10 per cent higher velocity, has the best Ballistic Balance and throws practically the same effective pattern as the 3/4 oz. load."

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The 5/8-ounce load is also in a 1935 dated price list but is gone by the next one I have dated 1938. I bid on a full box in a Ward's Auction, but others wanted it far more than I did.