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06-30-2020, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen
I suspect Parker Bros. knew what gun cranks were loading on their own. As what I mentioned about Chas. Askins. I've seen Parker Bros. paper mentioning 1 ounce 20-gauge loads well before any of our major ammunition companies were loading 1 ounce 20-gauge loads.
I have access to the catalogs of Western Cartridge Co., Peters Cartridge Co., Union Metallic Cartridge Co./Remington, Winchester and U.S. Cartridge Co. and I don't see it. Our major ammunition companies pretty much marched in lock step as to the loads they offered. They were essentially a trust.
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Interesting! It would be nice to have access to the "backroom" goings on at both Parker Brothers and the cartridge manufacturers.
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06-30-2020, 09:28 AM
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The order for my old #2 frame 20 specified 3 dram, 1 ounce loads. So Parker Brothers apparently approved of the use of such loads, even though they were not commercially available. The Small Bore booklet also mentions the testing of load heavier than were commercially available. Some of the Stock Book entries mentioned by Chuck may be shown in The Parker Story. I agree that the pattern (pellet) counts posted in the Stock Books were not actually counted, but eyeballed.
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