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Thanks very much Dave! - You never cease to amaze us with your knowledge and your generosity in taking the time to compile and share it.
I wonder what the chamber lengths would have been cut to for those shells... Parker chambers specifically. .
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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.
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James - Thank You very much for the picture of the catalog page you provided. .
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04-27-2020, 12:19 PM | #16 | ||||||
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I wonder also if Parkers chambered for 2 7/8" and 3" shells would have been built on 0-Frame guns or if 00-Frame guns' barrels/breeches were stout enough for the longer chambers...?
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04-27-2020, 12:22 PM | #17 | ||||||
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Shortly before WW-II, the manufacturers began putting up 28-gauge Skeet Loads in 2 3/4 inch cases and it wasn't long after the war that the 28-gauge was standardized at 2 3/4 inch. Western Cartridge Co. offered the 1 ounce 28-gauge 2 3/4 inch Magnum shell from 1961 to 1967 --
Super X MAGNUM 28-gauge 1961 to 1967.jpg which Jack O'Connor wrote quite a bit about. I'm not sure when they reintroduced the 1 ounce load as my ammo catalog collection gets sparse after 1970. Winchester-Western 1 ounce 28-gauge shells.jpg Winchester 1 ounce 28-gauge shells.jpg |
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04-27-2020, 12:36 PM | #18 | ||||||
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The Remington era Parker catalog shows the 28-gauge as being chambered for 2 7/8 inch 28-gauge shells --
Remington era Catalog pg 34.jpg The Remington era specification sheets on pages 164 to 169 of The Parker Story show the 28-gauges as being chambered 2 13/16 intended for 2 7/8 inch shells. |
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04-27-2020, 12:40 PM | #19 | |||||||
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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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