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Unread 12-11-2017, 04:25 PM   #1
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Were the 12 Gauge Reproductions chambered for 2 3/4" only? Thanks.
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No, many if not most; 12-ga. Repros with 28" barrels were chambered for 3" shells.
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All of the 26" guns were 23/4" only.All 28" are 3".I really don't know why they did it that way.Seems t me that it would have been more cost effective to make all 12s 3" and just shoot shorter shells if you choose to.
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John, we know that the Sporting Clays Classic model are 12-ga. guns with 28" barrels. They are stamped with just "12 GAUGE 2 3/4" on the left barrel. The two I own (one is NIB unfired) do have 3" chambers and all paper (brochures and write-ups) that I'm aware of state they have 3" chambers. Others, too; have reported their SCCs as having 3" chambers, but there is one forum associate that measured his SCC with a chamber gauge at 2 3/4". Do you have any explanation why the factory stamped this particular model at only 2 3/4"?
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Both my 12’s were 28” Modified/Full stamped 2 3/4.. Have never actually measured though.
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I think that if you measure all 28" guns,they are 3" chambered.As to why the guns are stamped 23/4" I can only guess that the Japanese thought you would only shoot clays with 23/4"shells and marked the barrels accordingly.From a manufacturing standpoint,it makes sense to standardize the barrels.Every 26" gun I have seen had 23/4"and every 28"had 3" no matter how it was marked.There is also the possibility that the clays guns were marked 23/4" by mistake.Anyone who has worked in a production line knows errors can happen.
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I’ll have to measure mine, although it does make sense they’d all be 3”
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JMO of course; I for one like the fact the PR manufacturing effort did not strive to standardize everything. (ie: 2-3/4 vs 3" chambers)
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Received my new 12 gauge two barrel set today. It is marked 2 3/4".
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Are 12 gauge Parker Repro Sporting Clays Classic’s safe to shoot with steel shot?
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