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Originally Posted by John Keegan
A friend came by, looked down the breech and said, "Someone took the forcing cones out." A bit of reading told me that many guns of this era did not have cones but shoulders as mine does.
Parkers made with 90 degree "shoulders" were intended to shoot brass shells with no crimp. It would be extremely unusual that a VH would have been made this way, but not impossible.
Some said that using modern ammo without a forcing cone would loosen the hinge pin. Others said adding a foxing cone could create excessive pressure.
Not so! I have 2 D-Grade lifters chambered for brass shells, one a 12 and the other a 10 and I shoot modern (RST) ammo in both without a care.
Does anyone have any info or suggestions about the desirability of forcing cones in a 114 year old gun?
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The gun is what it is and unless the chambers have been lengthened and by doing so, the cones have been removed
which raises serious questions about the wall thickness at the front of the chambers, can probably be used with modern ammo of the appropriate length and pressure.