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Anyone know the serial number of Chas. Askins' heavy 30-inch barrel, 2 7/8 inch chambered, 28-gauge he writes about in his 1910 book and December 1912 Field & Stream article "The Twenty-Eight Gauge Elf"?

The "standard" 28-gauge shell back in the day was a 2 1/2-inch shell with 1 3/4-drams of bulk smokeless powder (or 14-grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible or Ballistite) pushing 5/8 ounce of shot.

NITRO CLUB 28-ga 1 3-4 dram, 5-8 ounce.jpg

The factory loaded 2 7/8-inch shell had a load of 2-drams of bulk smokeless powder (or 16-grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible or Ballistite) pushing 5/8 ounce of shot.

TARGET 28-ga 2 7-8 inch.jpg

Askins writes of hand loading 2 1/8 drams of Schultze and 3/4 ounce of shot in the 2 7/8-inch hull for his nearly 7- pound gun.
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