Rich -
just guessing- but i always thought it was a thinking process of the time.
Many would have one good gun -
a traveling hunter could handle one gun case with two barrel sets easier than two cases, and he was less likely to have different guns for different game anyway.
so, off to the prairie by train, going to hunt sage grouse and ducks - or ducks and woodcock in the Maritimes of Canada - the set may make sense.
we - now days - are more likely to have a dedicated gun (or 2 or 12) for what ever species we hunt, and an extra case in the truck is no big deal.
no proof of it at all- just a thought
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