G.A. Hopper , Paterson NJ

[CraigThompson]

Was there a G A Hopper gunshop in Paterson NJ years ago ?

I have a UMC Co "Magic" 10 gauge shell with "G.A. Hopper - Paterson NJ" on the over shot card .

Was wondering if this were for a dealer or this person had ordered his shells with his name etc .

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[Bill Murphy]

Garry Hopper was a shooter around the turn of the century, but he also ran a gun and ammunition store in Paterson.

[Mark Landskov]

Many hulls were sold as NPEs only and loaded by numerous sporting outlets. Selby Smelting was a large scale purchaser of NPEs from various manufacturers. I have a small sub-division of Selby 10 bore shells in my collection.

[Dave Noreen]

MAGIC was the UMC new primed empty (NPE) that they sold as the equivalent of their ARROW shell loaded with bulk smokeless powder.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Ansleyone/MAGIC%201904_zps8br6v1mt.jpeg

Back in The Golden Age, 100 to 140 years ago, there were lots of small loading outfits all over the country supplying shotgun shells to their local market.

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Winchester head-stamped their NPEs 1901 --

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while their factory loaded shells were head-stamped WINCHESTER.

[charlie cleveland]

dont you just love those old shells...i too collectshells its a bad a habit as parkers...charlie