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What weight and shot size did Parker Bros use when patterning 12 GA guns?
Thanks for your input.
Bob Jurewicz

You can't know without the hang-tag. Some 12-gauge guns show 1 1/8-ounce --

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and some 1 1/4-ounce --

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Then some are totally confusing. This tag for a 1925 vintage gun shows 1 1/4-ounce and 2 5/8-inch shells?!?

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Our U.S. ammunition manufacturers quit offering 1 1/4-ounce loads in the 2 5/8-inch 12-gauge shell between 1906 and 1907. From then on, you had to go to the 2 3/4-inch or longer shells for 1 1/4-ounce.

Shot size varied significantly by the turn-of-the-century maker. Most U.S. doubles were patterned with Tatham's

https://photos.smugmug.com/Shotshell...g%20Shot-M.jpg

DuPont Oval and 6s

https://photos.smugmug.com/Shotshell...t%20Oval-L.jpg