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					Originally Posted by  Dean Romig
					 
				 
				But a few of the California duck club guns 30" and longer in twenty-gauge had 3" chambers per the original order. But, those were specialty guns and a 26" gun chambered for 3" shells is a bit suspect. 
			
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 This is correct.  I have a 20 ga VHE with 32" tubes and original 3" chambers.  Ordered and shipped in 1917 to a store in San Francisco.  Dean is also correct about 3" chambers and 26" barrels - not a likely combination, ever.