Interesting!
Those 2 5/8” chambers were cut to that length to accept the 2 3/4” shell. Odd that Remington saw fit to open it 1/8”.....
I have a 28 gauge DHE that is a 1908 gun but sat in the rack until 1912 when Henry A. Bishop ordered it for his wife, Jessie.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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