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Unread 12-23-2020, 05:10 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Matt Buckley View Post
I have an uncle who had one of these as a kid in the 60's and wanted to relive his youth so he found one of these on a Rock Island Auction about 4-5 years back and purchased it after we looked for a couple of years for one. He has had a problem with the gun doubling on him when he tried using 3" loads in the gun. The gun functions fine with 2 3/4". Just something to keep in mind, 3" loads would hammer the heck out of the shooter anyway.
I'll keep that in mind! I've read Savage never made the Fox BSE 12 gauge with 3" chambers, maybe to prevent this sort of problem. I've read that only the two trigger B model 12 gauges came with the 3" chamber.
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