Show i MI rJ t A quarter of ot a ant 4 there were wert not tot only in Ii bu there was was a con eon conof fusion of different kind of loads Unless you yo 70 l were among the handful of o shooters shooter whose know edge was wu on a a par with that of o the ammunition makers you had to take your y your ur chances that the theone one load you specified was the load that would do what you ex ex ex- expected to Bill pepper Depper- Depperman man author of ot arms and articles ar In the latter part of the Century automatic loading machines were invented It was easy enough to invent a machine to load but the question was to know what kind of loads to make John Job JohnBrown Brown Pete Smith Bill Adams and a thousand of their breed each had his own answer each Insisting that his individual com of powder and shot vans vali the perfect load Almost from the tart start art the shot- shot shell loading Industry raced faced ced trou trots trouble ble and decide Ce which different kinds kind and of 01 power and and shot to use in a S shell Each power maker made mad made special claims for his product in t public print and end produced pro p Shot came cam in 20 a sizes su suI I The loading industry faced its trouble in tn the way only it could By giving its c what they wanted The real trouble did not start until 1894 when smokeless pow der was adapted successfully for use In With each pow der manufacturer claiming ape special cial merit for his the loading companies were forced to provide shells loaded with the power df of the powder mak male ers era who drummed up enough interest in their product to make hunters dem demand nd It In their el The Th result l 8 wet wai wa 04 for fo everybody Hunter Hurner dealt deal r j Job b- b beer ber eer and manufacturer The net result was that everyone suf suffered in increased costs delays inconvenience bookkeeping not notto notto to mention frayed tempers A notable step which automat automat- automatIcally reduced loads was taken in 1921 1121 When Western W stern Cartridge Company Introduced a line of shells sheDs called X Super which standardized on one type of pow der and made spade possible the future elimination of all powder brand ed types type of range long-range Toads oads The Th government recognized re that the e ammunition industry's problem that p of profusion was com corn mon throughout America Indus indus- industry Industry try This led to G the establish establish- Simplified Practice e In y the Na Na- N National Bureau of Standards of the United States Department of Commerce The actual purpose of the di di- di division division vision was wu to encourage indus Ind us- us try to standardize for the ulti ulti- ultimate ultimate of mate benefit of the the public public those commodities or products in which style tyle or individual taste are minor factors This new division was only three years old when on June 19 1924 it was host to the loaders and distributors of With the unanimous approval of the six manufacturers the con conn ference swung an ax on the 4 shells which the loaders agreed aire d were were more or less stand ards A total of 2320 loads 57 per cent of the total were at one crack The ninth revision on October 16 1946 announced on January 2 z 1947 pared down the original 41 4 7 to and the end is now almost aI in sight of 0 04 a b G Rd x I F VM R 5 i flit d LF q t I ja a ri age rA A rn A Your Agent Will Tell You Y Youen hen en you hay have hu an en auto ac- ac deni yeu you phone phon your State Stale Farm agent You and he ad ad- ad adjust just Juu your four claim The local agent In your fOur town will tell teU you Jou low how you can un be fully pro pro- acted and save laT money the State Mate tat Farm Fum way He Is II as lieu near ear u as your t h rhone hone W A Jacobe PHONE 34 J 3 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co Of Bloomington Illinois All Types Insurance I |