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12-04-2025, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Clark McCombe
So, plan is to get a Hosford gauge, measure barrels, especially those where the chambers are 2 3/4, and not have any more work done to them.
Shooting them will not wear them out.
Use only light loads, even in repro Parkers.
As I am learning, heavier really doesn’t mean any better to break a clay.
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Now you’re digging where the taters are! For 12g, keep the loads 1 oz or less and ideally around the 1150-1180 FPS range and you’ll have soft shooting and a scoresheet full of XX!!
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12-04-2025, 08:01 PM
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Mike,
Plan to do that at the Christmas sxs!
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