When I started loading in the early 1960s, the hull everyone was using was the Federal paper. The load was a Federal primer, 23 grains of Red Dot, a nitro card, two Felton Blue Streaks and 1 1/8 ounce of shot. Then, along came plastic and we got the PGS (Plastic Gas Seal) wad to replace the nitro card and the powder charge dropped to 18-grains of Red Dot.
Back to the original Star Crimp question. While my scanner still isn't scanning, I tried a digital pic of the "Shotgun Dope" page from the September 1939,
The American Rifleman --
