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Originally Posted by William Davis
Smiths are not Parker's but... What's the point of trying to save a few bucks on shells. 1 1/8 oz 3 dram Promo shells are objectionable to me in a modern gun much more so in a nice double.
William
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Somehow, I can't understand people who own and shoot nice guns like L C. Smiths and Parkers, then put overloaded "on sale" cartridges through them to save a few dollars. The cracked stock William mentions is the price they often pay.
"Let me be perfectly clear" on my point (sounds familiar): Most of the Parkers and L. C. Smiths still extant are close to or well over a century old. Many were stocked with American Black Walnut that has been drying out and/or oil soaking for the same length of time. The stock heads are thus weakened from when they were new.
In addition, these guns do not have a lot of recoil absorbing surface area in their designs. Combine this flaw, with dry weakened wood, hot loaded "cheap" ammunition and repeated shooting and viola -- you crack stock heads.
This has nothing to do with what the guns could safely digest when they were six weeks old.
But heck... these guys saved the price of a KFC bucket of extra crispy on a flat of shells in the process....
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