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Originally Posted by charlie cleveland
the lc smith gun collectors said that the lc smith long range was first made in 1923....i assume by this there must have been shells for gun.... charlie
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Very true. From everything I can glean, 3" chambering in a 12 gauge was done prior to 1900. The interesting part of this discussion is when the extra heavy loads of more than 1 1/2 oz (and the guns to shoot them) started coming into existence. 2 oz. of shot in a 12 gauge is a very heavy load, even today. It is a heavy load in a 10 gauge as well, or at least it was during the blackpowder era. The L.C. Smith Long Range is an interesting gun, I wonder what loads the factory advertised it could handle? Maybe it was the first "Magnum" as we think of them today i.e. big shells + big payloads. Fascinating topic.
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