Re: I have always thought of the 3 inch as a magnum Archived Message
Posted by Drew Hause on December 14, 2013, 4:04 pm, in reply to "Re: I have always thought of the 3 inch as a magnum"
Did a little lookin' and 'Magnum' was first used in reference to large bore rifles. W.W. Greener in the 1907 edition of The Gun and Its Development mentioned Magnum 8 bore shotguns using 3 3/4" shells with 7 drams BP and 3 oz. of shot
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