Three inch chambers or 2 7/8" chambers for 3" shells were special ordered in #2 and #3 frame guns much earlier than the 1922 and 1923 folder that Jeff Kuss showed us, but not in any quantity. From personal observation, 1 1/2 frame guns were used for 12 gauge 3" guns after the time of this folder. Also from personal observation, I do not think many guns ordered with the "2 1/2 frame", which is the #3 frame to us, were also specified with unusually long chambers, at least not the orders I have hooked up with the guns. Chuck Bishop's experience may be different. The "2 1/2 frame" designation was only used in the order book entries and rarely. By the time the order for these guns was posted in the stock book, it became a "#3 frame". Odd, huh?
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