About thirty years ago I was shooting a lot of Doves with a 16-gauge 1928 vintage A.H. Fox Sterlingworth Ejector Field chambered 2 7/16 inch intended for 2 9/16 inch shells. I was using those wonderful compression formed 16-gauge 2 3/4 inch Winchester/Western Dove & Quail loads that the folks at Olin provided us for a few years. I didn't see any problems shooting those shells in the gun, but it really ironed the crimp memory out of those cases. When I shot them in my 1909 vintage Remington Arms Co. KE-Grade with full 2 9/16 inch chambers and more modern 2 3/4 inch chambered pumps and autos the crimp memory was great and to this day I get better reloads from the hulls shot in longer chambers then those originally shot in that Fox.
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