There was a fella I corresponded with from Concord, CA several years ago about the ammunition these guns fired. His name was Tom Weynand, he had a lot of information about the small ammo companies that made the early 3 inch 16 and 20 gauge shells available. If you'll message me privately I'll give you the last address I had for him. No idea if he's still there as that was probably 10 years ago. One of the Smith boys had a 3 inch 16 gauge, I put he and Tom together so he could get a couple original shells for it.
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