Need help from shotshell experts
I'm working to create some tableaus for some of my Parkers that include original catalogs, brochures, contemporaneous magazines, books, etc. from the years the guns were made. I'm hoping to find and purchase shotshell boxes that are from the the guns' years of manufacture and would have been used by shooters of these guns, and that's where I need the help.
What would have been some of the shell manufacturers for the following years/gauges...all used for upland bird hunting? And what would the boxes have looked like?
- 1904 12 gauge 2 5/8"
- 1918 20 gauge 2 1/2"
- 1922 28 gauge 2 1/2"
Or, is there a reference book available that might have its information listed by year of manufacture.
Thanks in advance for any information you might have.
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