Shotgun Shell History

[Fox Creek Kid]

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

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Fox Creek Kid
Thanks for posting this , lots of Great information .

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

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

[JimBob]

Shotgun shell history is an interesting area of study.Everybody had a better idea-