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Originally Posted by charlie cleveland
were there ever any 3 inch guns made with Damascus or composite steel barrels guns made...charlie
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Possibly Chuck knows the answer to this.
Through the time 99.9% of Parker Bros. composite barrel guns had been made, the heaviest loads (1 1/4-ounce in 12-gauge) our ammunition companies offered could be had in a 2 3/4-inch shell. The perceived advantage of the longer shells was more/better wadding, something considered beneficial by many gun cranks and Pigeon shooters. I'm sure there would have been composite barrel 12-gauge guns ordered for the 2 7/8-, 3- and 3 1/4-inch 12-gauge hulls, but I don't have any facts as to such Parler Bros. guns.
The 12-gauge, 3-inch, progressive burning powder loads with 1 3/8-ounce of shot hit the market in the 1924/5 time frame --
Early style 12-gauge 3-in Super-X Record.jpg
No telling what loads nimrods were stuffing in any length hull, especially before the early 1890s when our ammunition companies first began offering factory loaded shotgun shells.
I've long questioned Murphy's 3 1/2-inch 10-gauge, as 3 1/4-inch is the longest 10-gauge cases I've found offered by any of our ammunition companies before 1932.