paper 8 ga shells

[Researcher]

A very late, 1920s, Remington Arms Co., Inc., empty Arrow 8-gauge two-piece box went for $130 in the just completed Wards Auction.

https://www.wardscollectibles.com/vi....php?item=1157

Which ammo companies provided 8-gauge shells? I've seen mostly UMC or Rem-UMC and a handful of Winchesters. Never a Peters or a Western.

A brass Parker 10A went for $32 and a Brass Parker 12A went for $17.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Which ammo companies provided 8-gauge shells? I've seen mostly UMC or Rem-UMC and a handful of Winchesters. Never a Peters or a Western.

My 8 bore WC Scott was used by WRA to test 8 guage shells. It is stamped 3 1/2 " on the side of the left barrel and I have a test card that shows they used it on a test round of Normal powder [a British powder] using a Leader shell which was a paper shell. WRA made a LOT of 8 bore shells- brass and paper.