Parker and 2 3/4" chambers

[Stepmac]

Think I'll use a gunsmith to measure chambers. I've got too good ones here. I'm pretty serious about this chamber length question since my GH, that I'm picking up Monday will likely sport a shorter chamber. Did they make 2 3/4 chambers in those early (1895) GH grade guns? Can I assume it is short?

If it is, should I just shoot 2.5 inch shells or have the chamberes reemed to 2 3/4? Frankly, being new to damascus tubes, I don't know how much flexibility I have. No matter how much I read that they are strong enough, I have to admit being leary. Moreover I am not opposed to shooting shorter shells. I'll never shoot standard store bought shells in my GH. I'll shoot RST/Polywad and/or load my own.

[Bill Murphy]

If you're going to use RST shells, you won't need to extend the chambers. I wouldn't trust a gunsmith to measure anything more complicated than barrel length. Is cutting your wife's credit card so hard?

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

If you're going to use RST shells, you won't need to extend the chambers. I wouldn't trust a gunsmith to measure anything more complicated than barrel length. Is cutting your wife's credit card so hard?

No one be touch'en my wife's credit card! You want to keep your fingers? One year I gave her a Swiss Army Knife to keep in her purse. Big mistake. Now she goes armed.

Truthfully, she likes to see me messing with my gun collection. She says I look so involved and contented, which is true. That last buy, of the GH, made her eyes perk up however. I told her it was my last. I lied. She knew it. We've been hitched for over 30 years....thirty long, long years.