Learn something new everyday

[Autumn Daze]

And I thought spreaders were a fairly new innovation. Right out of the box today.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

A box of skeet shells long ago came with two spreader shells for station 8.

[charlie cleveland]

about what year was this shell made..these shells of yours are very good indeed..i really likeed the old shells kinda got something special about them...charlie

[Dean Romig]

Spreaders for station 8?...... Why?

I shoot low gun (waist level) at station 8 and never gave a thought to my chokes being too tight.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Spreaders for station 8?...... Why?

I shoot low gun (waist level) at station and never gave a thought to my chokes being too tight.

Ya but have you ever hit any of them?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

Ya but have you ever hit any of them?

I'll see you on the 1st Pete.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Mark Ouellette

A box of skeet shells long ago came with two spreader shells for station 8.

That is so cool. Man, has customer service taken a beating.
Of course, back then you could specify the amount of drop at heel for a VH grade shotgun.

[Paul Harm]

If you were a serious skeet shooter of years gone by, a bird or two could have been picked up with a spreader shell. I'm not sure about the spread of the pattern at that range, but a 8" pattern would be better than a 4" pattern. Now days they aren't allowed so there mush have been something about them.

[Bill Murphy]

Not allowed today? Certainly they are allowed in NSSA competition and, I assume, in NSCA competition. By the way, dispersers are advertised as far back as the 1800s.

[Roundsworth]

In 1928, Remington introduced their 'Skeet Loads'. A box would contain 19 standard skeet loads and 6 skeet scatter loads. I would imagine if a box were found today in its original configuration, it would be worth a few ducats in the realm of collectors.