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The company was renamed the L.C. Smith Shotgun Company of Syracuse and went on to produce several popular breech-loading shotguns. In 1886, the company produced its first hammerless shotgun. This proved to be their most successful design. Despite the success of the company, Smith decided to sell the manufacturing rights for the entire line of L ...
According to one account, Doc Holliday used a 10 gauge Wm. Moore & Co. [6] coach gun to shoot Tom McLaury point-blank in the chest with buckshot during the Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, on Wednesday, October 26, 1881. [7] They stood in such close proximity that the town mortician was able to cover McLaury's wound with one ...
The six most common shotgun gauges, in descending order of size, are the 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, and .410 bore. [7] By far the most popular is the 12 gauge, [7] particularly in the United States. [8] The 20-gauge shotgun is the next most popular size [citation needed], and is popular for upland game hunting. The next ...
In early 1940 they originally made brass cartridge cases and copper, aluminum and zinc alloys for the war effort. The facility was later focused on only producing duraluminum sheets and all its other machinery was shipped to other factories in Poland. The machinery was later returned in 1947.
In 1928, the first sub-gauge Model 520 was introduced when a 16 gauge option was offered. [14] It was followed in 1930 by a 20 gauge Model 520. [15] Stevens Model 520 (1938-1939) The Model 520 last appeared in a Stevens sales publication in 1928 and 1929 (Catalog #57) [5] but remained in full production until 1939. [16]
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Western calendar, 1927 World War II era advertisement explaining ammunition shortages and the company's contribution to the war effort. John Olin, the son of founder Franklin W. Olin, improved shotgun cartridge designs in the 1920s by using harder shot and progressive burning powder. [9]
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.