I think gas sealing was always the reason for 1/8" shorter chambers. I don't think that better patterns were ever a part of the equation. Pete, I don't disagree that lengthening chambers is a benign act on a less than collectable gun. However, no one can argue that it doesn't cost money, and doesn't sometimes lower the price of a gun when offered to a serious collector. I would rather have the extra steel in the area of the forcing cone than a couple of hundred pound feet of pressure. The very small rise in pressure has been proven empirically, the cost of drilling out barrels and the related shipping expense doesn't need to be proven. It is there.
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