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Offline Fox Creek Kid

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Shotgun Shell History
« on: February 15, 2014, 05:27:19 AM »
Shotguns were the last of the three main firearms types to convert over to self contained cartridges. It would be a safe bet that the vast majority of people used ML shotguns until the West was basically tamed:


http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/nebland/articles/history/shotshells.asp

Offline Rowdy Fulcher

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Re: Shotgun Shell History
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2014, 09:06:34 AM »
Fox Creek Kid
Thanks for posting this , lots of Great information .

Offline Sir Charles deMouton-Black

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Re: Shotgun Shell History
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 10:39:57 AM »
I will repost my threads on timelines.  Here is my summary of shotgun development;

http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,45473.0.html

And, here's the one on shotgun cartridge developments;

http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,45446.msg564078.html#msg564078

Fox Ck.Kid;  The answer is yes. Except for the wealthy and law enforcement, the ML shotgun hung on for a long while
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Re: Shotgun Shell History
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Offline JimBob

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Re: Shotgun Shell History
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 12:53:39 PM »
Shotgun shell history is an interesting area of study.Everybody had a better idea- :)





 

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