Trojan Chamber Length
First of all, thank you for having me. I just learned about your forum.
My Dad's 1915 Parker Trojan, sn 169xxx was used extensively in the 1930's. Taken out of service 12/7/1941 and not used again until the 1960's when I came of age.
Originally used with paper shells, we disposed of all the old ones when I started shooting. So I don't know what those were. Since then it was used only with 2 3/4" 1 oz. deer slugs.
I recently read an article about how some old doubles had short chambers and should not be used with current 2 3/4" hulls. I'm writing to learn what the chamber length actually is, if known.
The last time it was fired was in 2005 when Dad got his last deer. As an interesting side note, every deer Dad ever got was with this very shotgun. For the last 13 years I have been its caretaker, and it will go to his Grandson when the time comes.
Not likely I'll shoot it much, but I did want to be sure if I could safely blast a few on Dad's birthday along with a few of his others.
TIA for any help you guys can provide...
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