DuBray article on California 20 ga waterfowlers

[Cold Spring]

I’m doing some research on a California duck club and found an interesting article by Capt A W DuBray - writing under the nom de plume “Gaucho” - on the popularity of 20 gauge guns for west coast waterfowling. Sorry, I don’t have a scanner and three .jpgs are the best I can do. Article was in the June 28, 1913 issue of the American Field. That’s when bulk and dense smokeless powders were in use…. a decade before the intro of progressive burning powders as used in Super-X and similar heavy 20 gauge loadings. Capt DuBray and his peers certainly thought highly of these 20 gauge guns and the 1913 loads for same. Enjoy!