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Curtiss may have been making reference to an actual Parker .410 "Skeet Gun" as being the first. Do we know if the Ithaca in reference was a true Skeet gun rather than simply a field grade?
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Ithaca didn't actually catalog a "Skeet Gun" until their 1935 catalog, but they did advertise guns for Skeet as early as July 1926.
Skeet Gun Ad, National Sportsman, July 1926.jpg
But, from the get-go Winchester offered a Model 42 Skeet Gun --
Field & Stream, July 1933 pg 67.jpg
Field & Stream, July 1933 pg 68.jpg