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Unread 07-12-2011, 05:40 PM   #6
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By 1911, smokeless shotgun powders had been in use for 35 years. DuPont Bulk smokeless powder was far from "new fangled" in 1911!! I doubt one saw many competitive shotgun shooters using black powder much after the early 1890s. By 1911, black powder shotgun shells were for the poor sharecropper/sod buster who had moved up to a breechloader from a bored out Civil War musket muzzleloading shotgun for his pest control and putting food on the table chores.
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