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Dave Noreen

10-07-2021 12:38 PM

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Curtiss may have been making reference to an actual Parker .410 "Skeet Gun" as being the first. Do we know if the Ithaca in reference was a true Skeet gun rather than simply a field grade?

Ithaca didn't actually catalog a "Skeet Gun" until their 1935 catalog, but they did advertise guns for Skeet as early as July 1926.

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But, from the get-go Winchester offered a Model 42 Skeet Gun --

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Dave Noreen

10-07-2021 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig (Post 345426)

Thanks Dave -

I wonder if we can presume that instead of a pellet count where only full & full are written along with the fact that 3/8 oz. loads were used, that 100% of the pellets fell within the pattern circle?
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From the 23 various hang-tags I've collected pictures of, up through 223605 they have actual pellet counts. From 232902 on up they show the choke.

Dean Romig

10-07-2021 10:02 PM

Is it safe to presume they are other gauges besides the .410’s?

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Dave Noreen

10-07-2021 10:50 PM

There are only three in addition to the .410-bore tag, 232902 a 12-gauge 2 5/8 inch Mod. & Full, 236030 a 20-gauge 2 3/4 inch Imp. Cyl. & Mod. and 240647 a 12-gauge 2 3/4 inch Mod. & Full.

I see the same thing on A.H. Fox hang-tags. Early tag have pellet counts and about WW-I they go to Full, Mod, Imp. Cyl. or Cyl.

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