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Unread 10-01-2015, 07:43 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen View Post
As far as I know a hang tag for a Remington Arms Co. 10-gauge double has not come to light. However, the heaviest 10-gauge loads Union Metallic Cartridge Co. offered in 1900, the year the gun in question was probably made, was 3 3/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder pushing 1 1/4 ounces of shot out of their TRAP shell. A few years later UMC sped up the 10-gauge loads a bit with up to 4 1/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder or 34 grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible of Ballistite pushing that same 1 1/4 ounce of shot out of their ARROW shell.
I suspect it would have been 1 1/4 ounce for testing in the Remmy 10's, but what shot size? If they used 7.5's instead of 8's the numbers translate to a higher percentage i.e. a tighter choke.
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