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Just like the old/original 28 gauge shells I have seen.
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Those were 2 7/8 inch --
From the introduction of the 28-gauge in North America to WW-II the "standard" 28-gauge paper shell was 2 1/2 inch with a load of 1 3/4 drams of bulk powder pushing 5/8 ounce of shot. The only longer length 28-gauge paper hull offered was 2 7/8 inch. From time to time the companies offered the 2 7/8 inch hull loaded with 2 drams of powder pushing that same 5/8 ounce of shot. In 1932 the progressive burning smokeless powder high velocity 28-gauge loads with 3/4 ounce of shot came out and all the manufacturers put that load up in the 2 7/8 inch shell.
April 1932
Field & Stream
The 2 3/4 inch 28-gauge shell we know began appearing just before WW-II in skeet loads and after the War became the standard for all 28-gauge loads.
Maybe Parker Repro was just ahead of their time --
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