Recently I received a page from the journal of Army & Navy for my 16 ga. The page has a total of 24 guns on it and reveals how few small bore guns were sold, at least in the early 1900's. It took A&N a little over 3 1/2 years to sell these 24 guns. Of the 24 guns 9 were 16 ga, 10 were 20 ga and 5 were 28 ga. Less than 8 guns a year.

If some one has a 12 ga page from Army & Navy I would be interested in how long it took them to sell a similar number of the larger bore guns. The other book may cover all large bore guns, I really don't know.