Repro Chamber Length

[Bill Murphy]

I will continue to use my 1 3/4 ounce ten gauge steel loads as long as they last for general waterfowling. I own a trainload of the stuff and it cost me about five bucks a box. Of course, I don't shoot it in original Parkers, but the price and effectiveness is my criteria. When I can't handle the ten in the field, (like recently), I will go to expensive no tox 2 3/4" loads and shoot the Parkers.

[Steve Kleist]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

I've been under the impression that most, if not all, 20-ga. 28" Repros have 3" chambers and that most (but not all) 12-ga. 28" Repros have 3" chambers. And that most, if not all, 12 and 20-ga. 26" Repros have 2 3/4" chambers.



EDIT: Per the linked attached chart the SCC and SSS models were the only 12-ga. 28" guns with standard 3" chambers from the factory. The .410, 26" and 20-ga. 28" guns were standard fare with factory 3" chambers.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/album.p...pictureid=1021

Perhaps my gun is an exception. It is a 12ga. Parker Repro DHE (not SSS nor SCC) with stamped 2 3/4" or 3" chambers. I have seen one other of that configuration......My mission in life is to wear my gun out.
Steve Kleist Ely, MN

[Labowner]

Bill what is your ten choked that you shoot the steel loads? I have a Beretta Silver Pigeon and I think it's choked F and F.

[SXS OHIO]

I would think with steel shot 3" shells would be good...they would hold more bullets of a bigger size shot needed when shooting steel insted of lead type pellets. They said to drop one or two shot sizes when shooting steel....the 3 incher would hold more of the bigger pellets. SXS ohio...(-:

[Joe Bernfeld]

Originally Posted by Steve Kleist

Perhaps my gun is an exception. It is a 12ga. Parker Repro DHE (not SSS nor SCC) with stamped 2 3/4" or 3" chambers. I have seen one other of that configuration......My mission in life is to wear my gun out.
Steve Kleist Ely, MN

No exception. As I said earlier in this thread, I have one too: 12 ga, 28", 3" chambers, IC/MOD. I never have, nor do I ever plan to, shoot 3" shells in it.

[Wild Skies]

Joe, I think the key word in my post that Steve quoted is the word standard. Perhaps yours and other 3" non---SSS or SCC guns were an optional chambering. (??)

[Tony Guccioni]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

I've been under the impression that most, if not all, 20-ga. 28" Repros have 3" chambers and that most (but not all) 12-ga. 28" Repros have 3" chambers. And that most, if not all, 12 and 20-ga. 26" Repros have 2 3/4" chambers.



EDIT: Per the linked attached chart the SCC and SSS models were the only 12-ga. 28" guns with standard 3" chambers from the factory. The .410, 26" and 20-ga. 28" guns were standard fare with factory 3" chambers.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/album.p...pictureid=1021

This post reminds me that the skeet chokes that came with my SCC gun are /should be ( I have'nt unpackaged them ) Skeet 1 and Skeet 2.

As the universal ( American ) Skeet constriction is 0.005 ", what should I expect these 2 chokes to measure ?

[Wild Skies]

Tony, my SCC came to me with 6 original Winchoke screw-in chokes 2-SK (.003), 1-IC (.009), 1-M (.016), 1-IM (.019) and 1-F (.029). I bought two more Winchoke choke tubes for the gun, a CYL (.000) and an XF (.039). I never knew of a SK2 as being available, but I'm beginning to believe that with Parker Reproductions, just as with the original Parker Bros. guns, you can never say never.

[charlie cleveland]

side by side some body has informed you wrong on the steel shot..when using steel shot they recommend using 2 to 3 sizes bigger in the steel shot than you do with lead...thus you have less pellets using steel shot..thats why the 3 1/2 inch 12 ga came about to hold more steel shot...1 3/4 ounce of steel is about all you can pack in a 3 1/2 inch 12 ga shell..and you can easily load 2 1/4 ounce of lead and more if you can stand the kick... charlie

[crs]

My 12 ga Steel Shot Special does have 3 inch chambers and it is marked
2 3/4 & 3 inch. As I understand, there were less than 300 of these SSS made.

Though it has chrome lined barrels, I will not insult the birds with steel shot and have shot only 3 inch Bismuth in for ducks, geese, and sandhill crane.