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Unread 05-09-2016, 09:23 PM   #1
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We're the 20ga offered with 3" chambers? Thanks...
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By special order only. "Three-inch" chambers were not a 'standard' chambering but Parker Bros. is known to have made a number of twenty-gauge guns chambered for the three-inch shell. These chambers generally measure 2 7/8" - the practice of chambering a set of barrels 1/8" shorter than the shell they were designed to shoot carried into their "three-inch" guns as well.






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Sorry if I was not clear. Question is about 3" 20ga. Reproductions. Were they produced?
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My mistake for not paying closer attention to the sub-forum you posted under... sorry.

Yes, I had one and both the 26" barrels and the 28" barrels were for 3" shells.





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Yes, I had one and both the 26" barrels and the 28" barrels were for 3" shells.
Dean, are you sure about that? Most 20-ga. 26" guns have 2 3/4" chambers and the 28" guns have 3" chambers.
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Frankly Greg, no, I'm not sure about that, I'd have to ask the current owner of the gun.

Maybe he'll pop on here with the answer.





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I'm still learning - had previously thought that all the 20 gauge reproductions were 3" chambers...
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I have two 20 ga guns, both 26" bbls are 2 3/4". I believe the 2 bbl 20 gauge guns had the 28" bbl chamber3" shells.
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Yup, all 28" 20 gauges seem to be bored and marked 3". A 26" 20 gauge with 3" chambers would be a special order gun. All the Repro catalogs can be access in our "album" section.
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We all know there have been misprints and mistakes made in some of the Parker Reproduction brochures. Did you happen to notice the 28" 28-ga. chamber length in the brochure above?
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