That is pretty cool

 

Am I crazy or do I remember seeing a 28 gauge somewhere in my travels???
What was the first to go???? Memory???

 

Yes
.410....caliber
32
28
20
Blank (16)
Blank ( 12)
Blank (?)
10

To me the 32 is a real odd ball
Many think the 28 patterns better than the 20, but it’s a bit rarer, and harder to find, more expensive ammo

 

It just dawned on me....the 10 should be moved a place over and I would need To find and 8 gauge.....duh !

 

You might also try to find the rare 24 gauge and 14 gauge. They are out there.

 

That is a neat looking board. Hope you can find what is missing and repost when finished.

 

There is 2 types of 16 gauge, so that might fit in your spot between the 20 ga and 10 ga. Early 16 gauge was 2 9/16 " and newer 16 gauges were 2 3/4".

 

I only ever remember 20ga being yellow.

 

There was also a 4 gauge

 

Yes and yes
To the last two post....

 

14g was fairly common in Brit colonies in the day. That way if gun was stolen by rebels their ammo supply would be limited. The Brits issued 14g shotguns to colonial troops in India. They didn’t want anyone except Europeans to have rifles.
8g was wiped out in US because of game laws. Now only American 8g made is industrial shells mostly for the raw metals business. They have a extra belt on them to prevent them from being chambered in the conventional 8g guns that could be around. So did the Brit military 14g.

 

Here’s a pic, 12g- 10g- 8g with zinc slug for tapping pots of alloy

 

For those who might not know, Guage is the number of balls the diameter of bore that weight equals a pound. 12guage= 12 balls per pound, etc, etc. I have never seen a 4guage shotgun that fired conventional shotgun shells but they made a few. On Forgotten Weapons they have video of 4 bore stopping rifle. I have books from early accounts of African hunters in 1800s. They used mussel loading 4 bores on heavy game.
Some hunters would suffer broken collar bones from recoil. 4guage would be a quarter pounder!

 

They used the 8 gauge at the steel mills.

 

What for?

 

Never experienced it first hand but they shot them into the smelting pots to open some venting or something like that. I found out from a neighbor a long time ago who worked the mill that they did this. Maybe someone with first hand experience will pop in. Maybe the technique is not even used any more.