Maximum Chamber Pressure -- Parker Reproductions

[Wild Skies]

Victor, you may be able to get some meaningful advice if you can show us pics of the gun, showing the species of wood, whether your gun is stocked in Juglans Hindsii or Juglans Regia and how the grain flows through the wrist area.

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

Victor, you may be able to get some meaningful advice if you can show us pics the gun, showing the species of wood, whether your gun is stocked in Juglans Hindsii or Juglans Regia and how the grain flows through the wrist area.

See this thread:

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18368

[Wild Skies]

Victor, I'm sure you realize you don't have the ideal heavy duck and goose waterfowler there. Your gun with 2 3/4" chambers and weighing just 6 3/4 lbs. is at a disadvantage when targeting the species you're after. Will it work? Yes, in a pinch with the right load and a disciplined and judicious choice of the shots you take. In regards to the pressure, your gun was designed and built to shoot any 2 3/4" load that falls within SAAMI specs. You're concerned with pressure somehow damaging your gun's stock, however; it's actually recoil that you need to be concerned with. Pressure has very little to do with recoil. Because of the relatively light weight of your gun I would choose a load that throws 1 1/8 oz. of shot at less than 1350fps. By doing so, I believe that the recoil would be manageable for both you and the gun.

I would be interested in what others have to say.

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

Victor, I'm sure you realize you don't have the ideal heavy duck and goose waterfowler there. Your gun with 2 3/4" chambers and weighing just 6 3/4 lbs. is at a disadvantage when targeting the species you're after. Will it work? Yes, in a pinch with the right load and a disciplined and judicious choice of the shots you take. In regards to the pressure, your gun was designed and built to shoot any 2 3/4" load that falls within SAAMI specs. You're concerned with pressure somehow damaging your gun's stock, however; it's actually recoil that you need to be concerned with. Pressure has very little to do with recoil. Because of the relatively light weight of your gun I would choose a load that throws 1 1/8 oz. of shot at less than 1350fps. By doing so, I believe that the recoil would be manageable for both you and the gun.

I would be interested in what others have to say.

Good point, Wild Skies. Chamber pressure is relevant to barrels, while recoil/energy is more specifically relevant to other components of the overall shotgun. If you consider 1.125 oz at 1350 fps a good ceiling, then (per my calculations) 1.25 oz at 1280 fps would be an equivalent energy load. I think I'll shoot for 1.25 oz at 1200 to 1250 fps, which will work great for my short term needs (woodies over decoys).

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Greg seems right on.
Victor- for your purposes, I would search for a Steel Shot Special. I have one and it is my waterfowl gun of choice. I can stick any shell I can buy down its chambers and not worry(except for the 3.5 inch cannon shells). And the recoil is nothing.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

search for a Steel Shot Special. I have one .

eh hmm, one?