I just measured mine: 3 inches from just behind the forcing cone to the surface of the ejector.

(I am planning on sneaking out of the office early today to shoot some clays, so just happened to have the SCC sitting here with me.)

-Victor

The Steel Shot Special was catalogued as a 28" IC and MOD gun with marked 3" chambers. The gun that was advertised and sold on our forum a couple of weeks ago had those chokes and marked 3" chambers in a 28" barrel, but was not a marked Steel Shot Special. In my opinion, it was a special order gun made with SSS barrels but not marked as such.

Without the SS stamping on the water table Bill, that would be some wishful thinking as that was a standard catalogued offering. There have been several here that own or have owned 12-ga., 3" chambered, choked IC/M guns that are sans the Steel Shot Special markings. In fact, there's one available that a good shooting friend may be buying at this very moment at a nearby big box store that is in the exact same configuration and is a near twin in appearance and condition to the gun you're talking about.

Greg, thanks for the reminder that 28" IC and MOD was a standard catalog offering in some catalogs. I was going by the asterisk in the catalog page that you posted earlier that indicated that the 28" IC and MOD was a Steel Shot Special. I would have to dig deeper to find out which catalog page is earlier.

I have one like that (28" IC/Mod, 3" chambers). I was thinking of listing it on G.I. Any idea what a reasonable price would be?

Show us a picture of the barrel flats and give us an idea of the condition: NIB, LNIB. Lused, etc.

George, nothing unusual on the barrel flats, just the serial #, 1 1/2 frame, an "H" and Improved Cylinder/Modified. It's in excellent shape (not quite LNIB) with very nice wood (I've posted pictures of the buttstock here) and I hoped the 14 3/4" LOP and DT would help the value. Just trying to determine a reasonable price starting point... Thanks for any help.
Joe

Greg,
I don't shoot my SCC at all .... partly because it's only been on one shoot; is in perfect condition ( 100% 'case colours' ) but, mainly because it shoots quite a bit higher than my other Repro / other guns of mine, that I seem to shoot well.

I'll try and remember to dig it out and check the chamber lengths.

Cheers, TONY.

Greg / Bill,

You are correct, the gun has no SS marking upon the flat

It is marked "2-3/4 & 3" if memory serves

Did I read somewhere that the SS was over bored in the neighborhood of .745+

The bore ahead of the chokes on that gun measure .735 ~ I did not measure the bores beyond the chambers

Although it appears they are somewhat uncommon, this seems to support that it was a standard catalog offering

It's a dandy of a shotgun, I'll tell you that!!

The Parker Story reported the bores of Steel Shot Specials were .740 and chokes at .006/.018. However, I have seen SSSs listed for sale with the sellers stating dimensions that varied from the dimensions that were reported in TPS.