; I find that interesting, Tom. Was that a legislation change due to the rifled shotguns of today?
; I recall reading that the rifled shotguns would result in shotgun-slugs being banned - this had to be back in the early 80's, maybe late 70's when Shooting Times or G&A, Handloader or Rifle had editorials to that effect. I believe it was the saboted .50 cal BRI's that were becoming popular with Hastings barrels an claims they were as effective as a .50/90 Sharps. Normal Fosters of the day have an absolute max. range of something like 600 to 700 yards, same with round balls up to about 60 calibre. It was thought that the ballistics and claims of the saboted slug mfgr's. that they had a max range the same as the old buffalo ctgs. would scare the various game branchs. The old BP ctgs. had max ranges of over 3,000 yards, way too much for populated areas.