Recently Discovered......GHE .410

[Researcher]

Serial number 231691 would be about a 1929 vintage gun, yet the box label says it was targetted with 3/4 ounce of #7 shot. The .410-bore 3-inch cartridge with 3/4 ounce of shot didn't come out until mid-1933 with the Winchester Model 42 pump. In 1929, the 2-inch .410-bore cartridge carried 3/10 ounce of shot and the 2 1/2 inch .410-bore cartridge 3/8 ounce of shot.

That 3/4 ounce of #7 shot contains 224 pellets. The label says the gun printed 127 R, 127/224 = 56.7% and 136 L, 136/224 = 60.7%.

Did this gun languish in inventory for over four years until the 3-inch .410-bore cartridge came out? None of my Winchester, Western, or Remington ammunition catalogues from the early years of the 3-inch .410-bore cartridge offer it with #7 shot.

Curious

[Bill Murphy]

Researcher, $40 will buy a synopsis of the stock book entry, if PGCA has it. The stock book entry will tell something about the actual dates of production. OOPS! Too bad, no PGCA research information available.