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And I thought spreaders were a fairly new innovation. Right out of the box today.

A box of skeet shells long ago came with two spreader shells for station 8.

about what year was this shell made..these shells of yours are very good indeed..i really likeed the old shells kinda got something special about them...charlie

Spreaders for station 8?...... Why?

I shoot low gun (waist level) at station 8 and never gave a thought to my chokes being too tight.

Ya but have you ever hit any of them? :rotf:

I'll see you on the 1st Pete.

That is so cool. Man, has customer service taken a beating.
Of course, back then you could specify the amount of drop at heel for a VH grade shotgun.

If you were a serious skeet shooter of years gone by, a bird or two could have been picked up with a spreader shell. I'm not sure about the spread of the pattern at that range, but a 8" pattern would be better than a 4" pattern. Now days they aren't allowed so there mush have been something about them.

Not allowed today? Certainly they are allowed in NSSA competition and, I assume, in NSCA competition. By the way, dispersers are advertised as far back as the 1800s.

In 1928, Remington introduced their 'Skeet Loads'. A box would contain 19 standard skeet loads and 6 skeet scatter loads. I would imagine if a box were found today in its original configuration, it would be worth a few ducats in the realm of collectors.