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Unread 04-27-2020, 11:40 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop View Post
Well Dean, I got 1/3 thru stock book 82 before my eyes and brain went dead. Not all S/N's had chamber lengths but most of the 28ga. guns had 2 3/4" chambers however I did find 2 that had 2 13/16" chambers. Would they have been for 3" shells? I did find some .410 guns that had 2 15/16" chambers. Stock book 82 goes from 235,xxx to 238,xxx.

Very interesting Chuck, and informative too.

Seems we might have a third 28-gauge gun in that range chambered for 2 7/8" shells. As you say, the majority of 28-gauge guns in that range (235,xxx to 238,xxx) that had chamber lengths listed were 2 3/4" and my little Skeet gun, 236912 is also listed as 2 3/4" but in measuring the chamber lengths they fall just shy of 2 7/8" but well longer than 2 3/4". I truly can't see anyone cutting them any longer than the factory chamber length because the popular shell lengths since the day the gun was made were 2 3/4"...

A mystery for sure.

Any thoughts?





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