Thank you for the original thread Bob. You do a wonderful job with the composition and quality of your pictures, which reveal your treasures for what they once were, and still are.

I'll continue to watch for an 1890s shooter in the Philadelphia area who used an A-1.

Several shooters at the February 1895 Keystone Crow Shoot used Smith guns, with some boomer loads!
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/55021/rec/8
1 1/4 oz. shot
Mott shot a Greener gun with 48 grs. E. C. powder.
Bergner shot a LeFever gun with 48 grs. E. C. powder.
Jones used a Clabrough gun with 48 grs. E. C. powder.
Leonard shot a Wesley Richards gun with 45 grs. E. C. powder.
W. H. Wolstencroft shot a Francotte gun and 48 grs. American Wood Powder.
Budd used a Parker gun and 52 grs. E. C. powder.
Landis shot an L. C. Smith gun with 48 grs. E. C. pow­der.
Thurman used L. C. Smith gun with 50 grs. American Wood Powder.
Leaming shot an L. C. Smith gun with 48 grs. E. C. powder.
Isaac Wolstencroft shot a Greener gun with 52 grs. Schultz powder.
Davids used an L. C. Smith gun and 47 grs. E. C. powder.
Edwards shot a Cla­brough gun and 48 grs. E. C. powder.
James Wolstencroft shot a Greener gun and 50 grs. E. C. powder.
Ed Hill used an L. C. Smith gun, 10 bore, and 52 grs. E. C. powder.
Zweilin used an L. C. Smith gun and 48 grs. E. C. powder.
Morfey shot a Greener gun with 49 grs. E. C. powder.
Rothacker used a Colt's gun with 56 grs. (4 Dr. Eq.) Schultz powder.
Hothersoll shot an L. C. Smith gun with 50 grs. Amer­ican Wood Powder.
W. M. Pack shot a Greener gun with 52 grs. Schultz powder.
(Capt. A.W.) Money shot a Greener gun with 49 grs. E. C. powder.
W. H. Pack shot a Fran­cotte gun with 50 grs. Schultz.
Treadway used Greener gun with 48 grs. E. C. powder.

c. 1895 Grains = Dram Equivalence
(by 1900 “E.C.” and “Schultze” were equivalent at 14 grains/dram)
…………..“E.C.”…..”Schultze”
3 Dr. Eq……44………..42
3 1/4……….45.5………45
3 1/2……….49………..48
3 3/4……….53………..51