DuBray article on California 20 ga waterfowlers

[Researcher]

Thanks Frank. Very interesting. I wonder what the deal was with those 3-inch Winchester Leader 28-gauge shells? I don't have any Winchester ammunition paper of that era. All the Western Cartridge Co. and Rem-UMC paper I have of that era only offers 28-gauge shells in the "standard" 2 1/2 inch length and the 2 7/8 inch length. The "standard" 28-gauge load of the era was 1 3/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder and 5/8 ounce of shot. Chas. Askins the elder wrote in his 1910 book about having an early 28-gauge Parker Bros. with 30-inch barrels and he was handloading 2 1/8 drams and 3/4 ounce of shot in those long 28-gauge shells.