DuBray's Promotion of Small-Bore Parkers

[Drew Hause]

We've had a number of threads regarding DuBray's promotion of 28g and 20g guns for waterfowl. This is the earliest I've seen
October 20, 1904 Shooting & Fishing
https://books.google.com/books?id=EZMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA29

[Researcher]

Those are some mighty hot 28-gauge loads for 1904!!

Shooting & Fishing, October 20, 1904.png

At that time the North American ammunition manufacturers only catalogued the 2 1/2-inch shell with 1 3/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder pushing 5/8 ounce of shot or the 2 7/8-inch shell with 2 drams of bulk smokeless powder pushing the same 5/8 ounce of shot.

NITRO CLUB 28-Gauge 2 7-8 inch #7 1-2.jpg

Chas. Askins the Elder writes in his 1910 book of handloading similar loads as old Gaucho for his 6 3/4 pound, 30-inch, Parker Bros. 28-gauge.

[6pt-Sika]

I had a opened box of these with 20+ loaded shells in the box .

[charlie cleveland]

nice boxes...these loads evedetly were good for all game....charlie