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Unread 07-09-2025, 11:36 AM   #1
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The .023 wall thickness is not normal.
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Back in the day, the Parker Bros. "overbore" was well known and companies that loaded shotgun cartridges used oversize wads in shotshells for them. This from the 1886-7 Chamberlin Cartridge Co. catalog --

1886-7 page 6 Parker Load Highlighted.jpg
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