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The table in the back lists both the 3/4 and 5/8 oz. loads for the 28 and has percentage of #7 shot in a 30 inch circle at **40 yards** I believe the brochure is from the late 1910s or early 1920s(?).
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Our North American ammunition companies only offered 5/8 ounce 28-gauge loads until early 1931. Bulk smokeless Powder --
28-gauge Bulk Smokeless Powder Loads 1915-16.jpeg
Early Long 28-gauge Peters TARGET.jpg
TARGET 28-ga.jpg
Dense smokeless Powder, Infallible or Ballistite --
28-gauge Dense Smokeless Powder Loads 1915-16 Infallible or Ballistite.jpg
Dense smokeless Powder, Walsrode --
28-gauge Dense Smokeless Powder Loads 1915-16 Walsrode.jpeg
In early 1931, Western Cartridge Co. introduced the 3/4 ounce, high velocity, progressive burning powder, Super-X 28-gauge load put up in their 2 7/8 inch FIELD shell --
1933 to 39 Super-X 28-gauge.JPG
28-gauge Super-X #6.jpg