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08-04-2022, 02:29 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Check on RST.
They had 16 GA available last weekend at Rock Mountain. Bob Jurewicz |
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08-04-2022, 02:41 PM | #4 | ||||||
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No 16s on the RST website now. Obtain some 2 3/4" empties and load low pressure loads. Sherman Bell found that longer shells loaded to a sensible pressure do not cause any pressure spikes in shorter chambers.
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08-05-2022, 03:05 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Bill, can you provide a link to the Sherman Bell info? Sounds like details could be important!
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08-05-2022, 04:27 PM | #6 | ||||||
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There were a series of articles on the subject by Sherman Bell and were published in various more recent issues of Double Gun Journal. They will be listed in the Double Gun Journal Index & Reader Vol. III
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08-05-2022, 07:40 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I've always shot 2-3/4" stuff in my Utica Foxes, my SBT's and my Trojan, staying under 1200fps. I've stayed with RST's or equivalent in my Philly Foxes and have a pretty good stock laid by, but frankly when those are gone I'll probably shoot the factory 2-3/4" stuff in those as well. The SBT's are the only ones that approach anything close to high volume shooting and I figure the guns will outlast me anyway.
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08-05-2022, 08:58 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Thanks for the replies. Is the general consensus that it is a safe to shoot 2.75 low pressure loads in 2.5 chambers?
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08-05-2022, 10:55 PM | #9 | |||||||
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Works for me.
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But, I sure have shot the 2 3/4 inch shells for 50+ years. The guns handle them with aplomb, in my experience. Come to think of it, until I got into this forum, I did not even know where to go to get my 2 1/2 inch shells and that they were available in the US.
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08-05-2022, 11:44 PM | #10 | ||||||
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As I recall Sherman Bell found there was a slight bump up in pressures when the 2 3/4" were fired in 2 1/2" chambers, but it was only several hundred psi. When you start with low pressure shells it didn't raise the overall pressure too much. Everyone has to make their own decisions on what to shoot. When I shoot factory 2 3/4" in a short chamber I use Winchester low recoil, low pressure, AA shells in mine. They start off low in pressure and the recoil stays gentle on the wood.
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