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Unfortunately I do not have Early Shotgun Concentrators and Spreaders: The First One Hundred Years of Invention to Control the Flight of Shot published by Gary Muckel in 2009 I came across this notice in the December 5, 1896 Sporting Life ; "rotary shot spreader" https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/46545/rec/1 Jan. 5, 1901 In 1902 Brown offered an improved spreader device "The Hummer" Sept. 13, 1902 Sept. 10, 1904 U.M.C. introduced their "Short Range Shells" in fall, 1904 https://books.google.com/books?id=n-gcAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA57&lpgSept. 24, 1904 "powder gas is introduced into the shot charge"? no wad? hole in the wad? Dec. 31 1904
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Peters was late to the party with "Spreader Loads" "tested in the field for two seasons" but I did not find any ads prior to 1907, nor did I find a description of an insert Nov. 9, 1907 Sporting LifeNov. 21, 1908
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Thanks Drew,
Ecclesiastes 1:9, ...there is no new thing under the sun.
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Ah, now I know why RST brands their 28ga spreader loads as “Brush”. A nice nod to shotshell history.
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Drew.
Did I see a box of 23 regular and 2 spreader shells packaged for skeet shooters ? If I remember correctly they were on a table at a gun show
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I have not seen shells packaged that way but it sounds like a good idea...Geo
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Bro. Boats is correct. This Remington (low resolution) ad was from 1929, and the box had "scatter loads" for incoming doubles and station 8.
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For several years Remington Arms Co., Inc.'s NITRO CLUB Skeet Loads had nineteen regular shells and six spreaders while their cheaper ShurShot Skeet Loads were just twenty-five regular shells.
Early Shotgun Concentrators and Spreaders by Gary B. Muckel, 195 pages, $55 plus $3 shipping in USA. Order from:
Gary B. Muckel 6531 Carlsbad Dr. Lincoln, NE 68510
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In the Sept. 1928 issue of "Hunting and Fishing" there is an article by W.H. Foster "An Analysis of Shotgun Performance in Skeet" and a Remington "New Remington Skeet Loads" ad. Unfortunately, there is no description of what makes the "Scatterloads" scatter, and in 12g both loads are #8s, 3 Dr. Eq. 1 1/8 oz. Remington-U.M.C. "Scatter Load" boxes
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