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Well, I just chambered a 2 3/4" shell in there and it slid right in all the way, without any force, and pulled right back out easily, so I'm guessing it must be set for 2 3/4" after all?
I'm guessing it wouldn't have gone in far enough to close the action if it were 2 1/2"? Wish the barrels were marked or ? like modern guns are, but looks like it must be 2 3/4". thank you for your help. Much appreciated. |
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01-22-2021, 10:20 AM | #4 | ||||||
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The length of an unfired live shell is not the way to determine its suitability for a particular gun. The advertised length of a shell by the manufacturer is for the length of the shell after it has been fired... which is often a good quarter-inch or more than the unfired shell. Dropping a 2 3/4” shell into my 1898 DH 12 with 2 9/16” chambers is no problem at all, but after firing the mouth of the shell is pinched and torn to a fine edge.
Your Trojan 20 will be fine shooting ‘reasonable’ 2 3/4” shells and the only thing you might notice is a tiny bit more recoil... if at all. .
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01-22-2021, 10:39 AM | #5 | |||||||
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There are plenty of people here, including myself who shoot slightly short chambers with no problems other than case mouth fray. |
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01-22-2021, 10:41 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Sounds good. Thank you!
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I just grabbed some loaded paper 20-gauge shells out of my accumulation. A roll-crimped Peters 2 1/2 inch shell is 2 9/32 inch long. A roll-crimped Remington 2 3/4 inch shell is 2 15/32 inch long. A Super-Seal Western Super-X 2 3/4 inch shell is 2 11/32 inch long. All would easily go into a 2 1/2 inch chamber.
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01-23-2021, 04:06 PM | #8 | ||||||
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My Trojan 20 No. 174217 has 2 3/8” chambers.
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03-10-2022, 12:56 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Digging up an old thread on this topic, as I just bought a Trojan 20ga.....
But, did Parker do the 2 9/16th chambers on Trojans from the first to last? Were the guns made during Remington era, also 2 9/16th or did the go to 2 3/4" by then? I will get my gun next week and find out for sure, it's supposed to be a 237xxx serial number, which I believe is a 1935 gun. My 1927 VH 12ga has 2 3/4"......
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I believe Remington stopped production of the Trojan when they moved the Parker operation to Ilion, NY in 1937.
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