12 gauge 3" shell introduction.

[charlie cleveland]

very interesting stuff here..seems to be the start of shooters useing heavier loads..i like the guns with the early 3 inch chambers.. almost got me a 3 inch 16 ga shell a while back.....charlie

[Researcher]

Forget the chronology I started out with for shell lengths growing in the late 1890s. I was working in the beginnings of smokeless powder shotshells.

Check this out from the 1880 Union Metallic Cartridge Co. catalogue --