Learn something new everyday

[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.

[Harold Pickens]

The yellow box of shells on the right is marked Brush Loads, I assume they are spreaders, the box is about half full.