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The Club was again buying its ammunition from Rogers Hardware Limited, and selling it to members for their rounds. Canadian Industries Limited had, in the past ten years, taken over the bulk of the ammunition market, and it was their C.I.L., 'Canuck' shot shells that Rogers was offering. At this time a round of skeet (ammunition, targets, and trap-boys) was costing the shooter .90. The trap-boys, who earned their money loading and cocking the throwers, were paid by the man...5 cents per man, per squad, which meant that a full squad of five gunners would earn the loader 25 cents.

The game of skeet shooting, perhaps more than anything else, contributed to the new popularity of open bore shotguns, and also guns of a smaller gauge than the now accepted, standard, twelve. The first shot guns were simple tubes, with cylinder bores, but it wasn't long before enthusiasts realized that constricting the business end of the barrel gave a tighter pattern, at a longer distance, leading to the development of three basic chokes: Full, for ranges in excess of fourty yards; Modified for medium

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