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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Probably the most critical point of wall thickness is where the chamber ends and the forcing cone begins.
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Dean makes a very good point. Today with very good short shells as close as your front door there is no reason to lengthen chambers. If you want to reload getting started is relatively inexpensive. A MEC Super Sizer to resize with, a Lee Load All to de-prime and set primer, drop powder, set wad and drop shot, a beam scale to check powder and shot weight and an antique roll crimp tool to close the shell. All can be picked up reasonably on e-bay.
Load data is not a problem because any load that will fit in a 2 3/4 inch folded crimp shell will fit in a 2 5/8 12 gage shell or 2 9/16th 16 gauge shell with the added advantage of getting the same performance with less chamber pressure using a roll crimp