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I have a 2 inch Midland and it shoots very good patterns with both RST 2" 15/16oz # 6 & 7 and Gamebore 2" 7/8oz 6 & 7. I just wish RST loaded 7/8 instead of 15/16. All those loads really kick in a 5lb 8oz gun. I know RST loads 3/4 oz but then I would rather use a 28ga.
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05-28-2020, 12:57 AM | #4 | ||||||
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My 2” patterns well. I don’t think it is any better than a 2.5” gun. I use RST 7/8 and 15/16 oz loads. I really think the recoil is not noticeable. I bought a flat of Gamebore shells and the recoil is painful. I don’t want to shoot a box of Gambores in one outing. The gun weighs 5 lbs 8 oz. I understand some will argue a 7/8 oz 2” 12 is a square load and patterns better, but it would be minimal (if at all).
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05-28-2020, 06:36 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Why buy a 2”” English gun when you can use 2” shells in the 12 you like to shoot most and the one that patterns best for you?
Lots of folks load their own twelve gauge 2.5” shells with 7/8 oz. and do not feel handicapped in the least either at SC, Skeet or on the upland birds we have here in the East. .
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05-28-2020, 07:30 AM | #7 | ||||||
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I’d like to try a Churchill XXV chambered in 2”
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05-28-2020, 09:08 AM | #8 | ||||||
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As Mr. Hodges points out, the major raison d' etre of the 2" 12-bore was to combine the perceived pattern advantages of the 12-bore with the weight and handling advantages of the 16 or 20-bore. In many instances, it worked. But not well enough to last for long.
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05-28-2020, 10:24 AM | #9 | ||||||
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A friend of mine recently acquired a 2" 12 and it is quite nice. I helped him measure the barrels during his inspection period.
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05-28-2020, 11:37 AM | #10 | ||||||
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A 2” 12 is something you don’t see often as few were made in the 1930s. The Brit gunmakers made these light weight guns with great handling qualities. You basically have a 12 gauge proportional gun in the 5.5 lb weight class; lighter than a smaller proportioned 20 gauge. They aren’t an all purpose gun, but something made to support a passing light weight fad in the 1930s. Charles Lancaster came out with 2” pigmy cartridges in the late 1890s and advertised you could carry more cartridges than the normal 2.5” cartridge.
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