kaolinwasher
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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYg4j9cmpiM[/video] No snow, its been cold and the ground is froze, but the predator shovel gets thru it very well , I found a nice condition U,S, NO 12 made in USA shot shell with what looks like a silver primer this shell is made after 1926 and production stopped in 31 hear is some info on the company & shelll United States Cartridge Company
The United State Cartridge Company was incorporated in 1868 in Lowell, Massachusetts, by a group of investors including Benjamin F. Butler, a lawyer, entrepreneur and brigadier-general in the Union Army during the Civil War. His military record was checkered, as was his tenure as a U.S. Congressman, but he was an extraordinary money maker. By the early 1870s he had complete control of U.S. Cartridge Company.
Although U.S. Cartridge never attained the stature of Peters or Union Metallic Cartridge, it suffered a similar fate. The National Lead Company purchased half interest in the U.S. Cartridge Company in 1910 and the remaining half from the Butler family in 1919. National Lead became a subsidiary of Winchester in 1926, but Winchester-Western apparently did not take full control of U.S. Cartridge until the mid-1930s.
While U.S. Cartridge did not develop an extensive a line of shotshells, it had an army of loyal sportsmen. During the 1910s, U.S. Cartridge's advertising writers frequently referred to the company's ammunition simply as "the black shells" and many hunters, especially waterfowlers, would shoot no others. At that time, Romax, Climax and Ajax lines were all made with black paper hulls. By the 1920s, "black shells" ceased to appear in U.S. Cartridge advertising. Ajax Heavies, introduced in 1923, and Climax Heavies, introduced in 1927, were sold as "long-range loads." In the 1920s Defiance and Climax Heavies shotshells were made with red paper. Ajax shotshells were the highest grade U.S. Cartridge shotshell with a one-inch brass base and available in either dense or bulk smokeless powder. It was promoted as: "Especially designed
Shotshells were sold under the U.S. Cartridge Company name from 1879 until 1931. Their Ajax Heavies loads were marketed as long-range shotshells and were popular with waterfowl hunters.
for long-range work on ducks, geese and brant. Packed with the power of the thunderbolt, and lightning-fast" for "bringing down high-fliers." Climax shotshells had half-inch brass and were loaded with "most popular smokeless powders," either dense or bulk, and billed as: "Long the favorite of the shooter who likes to specify a particular powder. Comes in all standard powders and loads. Close-shooting, hard-hitting, game-getting
The United State Cartridge Company was incorporated in 1868 in Lowell, Massachusetts, by a group of investors including Benjamin F. Butler, a lawyer, entrepreneur and brigadier-general in the Union Army during the Civil War. His military record was checkered, as was his tenure as a U.S. Congressman, but he was an extraordinary money maker. By the early 1870s he had complete control of U.S. Cartridge Company.
Although U.S. Cartridge never attained the stature of Peters or Union Metallic Cartridge, it suffered a similar fate. The National Lead Company purchased half interest in the U.S. Cartridge Company in 1910 and the remaining half from the Butler family in 1919. National Lead became a subsidiary of Winchester in 1926, but Winchester-Western apparently did not take full control of U.S. Cartridge until the mid-1930s.
While U.S. Cartridge did not develop an extensive a line of shotshells, it had an army of loyal sportsmen. During the 1910s, U.S. Cartridge's advertising writers frequently referred to the company's ammunition simply as "the black shells" and many hunters, especially waterfowlers, would shoot no others. At that time, Romax, Climax and Ajax lines were all made with black paper hulls. By the 1920s, "black shells" ceased to appear in U.S. Cartridge advertising. Ajax Heavies, introduced in 1923, and Climax Heavies, introduced in 1927, were sold as "long-range loads." In the 1920s Defiance and Climax Heavies shotshells were made with red paper. Ajax shotshells were the highest grade U.S. Cartridge shotshell with a one-inch brass base and available in either dense or bulk smokeless powder. It was promoted as: "Especially designed
Shotshells were sold under the U.S. Cartridge Company name from 1879 until 1931. Their Ajax Heavies loads were marketed as long-range shotshells and were popular with waterfowl hunters.
for long-range work on ducks, geese and brant. Packed with the power of the thunderbolt, and lightning-fast" for "bringing down high-fliers." Climax shotshells had half-inch brass and were loaded with "most popular smokeless powders," either dense or bulk, and billed as: "Long the favorite of the shooter who likes to specify a particular powder. Comes in all standard powders and loads. Close-shooting, hard-hitting, game-getting