In the Feb. 1926 issue of "National Sportsman", a $100 prize was offered for the best name for William Harnden Foster's "shooting around the clock". The May 1926 issue announced the winner, Mrs. Gertrude Hurbutt of Dayton, Montana, and the new name "skeet" from an old Scandinavian word for shoot (Norwegian for shoot is "skyte").
Dave's ad appeared in the July 1926 "National Sportsman".
Fast work by Ithaca!
Hunter Arms did not get their "Skeet Upland Special" out until June 1928
In the Hunter Arms 1929 catalog, the “Upland” was gone and the “Skeet Special” was shown with a straight grip stock, checkered wood butt, “Skeet Choke No. 1 right and No. 2 left,” and “Streamline Beaver Tail Forend,” at a price of $47; $92 with Hunter One-Trigger and Automatic Ejectors.
I’ve seen no Hunter Arms literature or advertisements explaining the No. 1 & No. 2 chokes. Later catalog listings stated “bored to order from full to cylinder”.
