Researcher and eightbore:

Schwing deliberately refers to "Skeet Grade". Under "Skeet Grade" headings he devotes most of 3 pages to describing the grade's characteristic barrels and ribs, and 3 pages in another chapter to the grade's characteristic stocks and forearms. His table of contents lists the following grades: Standard Grade, Skeet Grade, Duck/Magnum Grade, Tournament Grade, and Trap Grade.

Quoting Schwing on page 108:

"Introduced earlier in the Tournament and Trap Grades as a sub-grade, 1936 was the first year for the Skeet Grade as a grade unto itself."

Am I right to understand you're saying he's confused and mistaken?

Jay

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