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Winchester promoted the "Brush" gun concept very early - October 1897



July 1898



and used the same illustration in December 1904 to introduce "Brush" shells





1905

Posted by Gary Muckle
https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/an-interesting-peters-shotshell/7334/3
There is also an image of a sectioned Peters "Spreader" shell



"Christie Method of Loading Short Range Shot Shells"
UMC Company's new short range entry on the market in 1907 was titled "UMC SCATTER LOAD" and was followed by "SHORT RANGE" using the Christie design. The Christie design creates layers of shot separated by card wads. It was a simple adaptation of available materials and popular and effective and still used by hand loaders today. Lewis D. Christie of Bridgeport, Conn. is credited with the design which was used by UMC beginning about 1907 as a short range load. Western Cartridge Company later used this technique calling them "Thicket" loads.

Christie, as assignor to Union Metallic Cartridge Co., received patent No. 873.346 on December 10, 1907 for "A scatter load for shot cartridges comprising a shot charge divided into a plurality of sections separated by wads, top and bottom wads and a covering of light paper enclosing the charge and secured in place independently of the cartridge shell."
This technique reportedly solved the problem of slow loading each shot compartment of wad and shot. This patent of December 10, 1907 was adopted by UMC.

Western Cartridge Co.'s FIELD "Thicket" Load from 1922 Catalog --



Xpert "Thicket" Load 1937 --



Xpert "Brush" Load 1951 --

Remington Arms Co., Inc. NITRO CLUB "Scatter" Load 1923 Catalogue No. 107 --

FN-Browning introduced their dice shotshells in the 1980's or so:

https://books.google.fi/books?id=6TGCBAA...dge&f=false

Markus

1910



1911



1913 20g shells for introduction of the 20g M12

Drew, Researcher, others - thanks for sharing as I really enjoy this kind of stuff.

Doc you an Internet googling fool.

If you spent as much time saving souls as you do googling on the internet the world would be a better place.

Ditto.

Thanks to Drew and Dave for their tireless efforts of imparting their wisdom to the rest of us. You gents make learning fun!!