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[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Hey Jerry,

I short while back I believe it was Drew House who posted an LC Smith add claiming the Smith Guns could withstand any NITRO shells. I think the date was pre-1920.

I searched for the post with the add but came up short. Drew if you are reading this could you comment?

PS: I would trust my LC Smith Chain Damascus barrels as I would those Parker barrels of the same thickness.

Also, I have a Elsie "part gun" with good Chain barrels (missing half the bottom rib) and action. I have thought of doing my own Sherman Bell type test. Maybe open the forcing cones enough to accept 3&1/2" shells / 14,000 PSI. I do however hate to ruin those barrels...

Mark

[Drew Hause]

LTC Calvin Goddard writing in Army Ordnance in 1934, stated that Hunter Arms proof tested 12ga 2 3/4" chamber barrels at 14,300 psi.



Hunter Arms started using this slogan in the late 1890s