I'm trying to be cautious with these old Parkers.
just received a chamber gauge from Connecticut Shotgun. According to the gauge, the Parkers I have are all 2 1/2 chambers. I was lead to believe that the one Parker that was stamped overload had 2 3/4 chambers and I was using 2 3/4 shells in that one. It was only with this new gauge that I was able to measure accurately. Is it unwise/unsafe to use 2 3/4 shells in a gun with 2 1/2 chambers? I know the shells fit just fine, but it is as they are fired and open up that the length of the shell exceeds the length of the chamber.
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