3 inch chambered 12 gauge

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Drew Hause

Mike: who is the 'we' that has 10 chamber lengthened 12s?

Is this the Master Gunsmith Ed Lander of which you speak?

Could Mike be good old boy Ed Good the "torch"

[charlie cleveland]

does anyone here use their 3 inch gun on turkeys or water fowl...what was the averageweight of a parker 3 inch gun....looks like they would have a 3 inch gun made on a 3 frame size instead of a 1 1/2 frame...these are very interesting guns to me....charlie

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

does anyone here use their 3 inch gun on turkeys or water fowl...what was the averageweight of a parker 3 inch gun....looks like they would have a 3 inch gun made on a 3 frame size instead of a 1 1/2 frame...these are very interesting guns to me....charlie

Charlie
My factory original 3 inch Remington era Parker is on a 1 1/2 frame as shown in the pictures above that Dean posted. Also my Parker Reproduction Steel Shot Special which has 3 inch chambers is also on a 1 1/2 frame.

[B. Dudley]

"Master"? Is there an apprenticeship program or guild in this country that bestows that title?

[LtCol Henderson Marriott]

Interesting. In separate publications both Parker Bros. and AH Fox
state that complete or better progressive powder burning is achieved
by using shells that are slightly longer than the actual chambers.

In actual usage, many 2 3/4 shells are fired in 2 5/8 " chambers. I would not
attempt that in damascus barrels, however.

[Researcher]

Since this thread was running back in 2017, two different late Remington CHE 12-gauge, 3-inch guns have been on the market -- 241442 with 32-inch barrels on a 2-frame with an unstruck barrel weight of 47 and 241838 with 32-inch vent rib barrels on a 1 1/2 frame with an unstruck barrel weight of 413.

[charlie cleveland]

bill this is a 3 1/2 inch gun is it....whats the chokes on this gun...wish I lived closer to you to take a look at this gun of yours....have you ever hunted ducks with this gun... my 3 frame 12 weighs around 10 LBS its unstruck barrel weight is 5 10 it has 3 inch chambers but not marked as such...my gun is choked modified and full and it is a twist steel barrel..i ve used in in duck hunting a few times went one hunting up in missori one time killed one goose with it and some ducks....these 3 frame guns are neat...but even with the weight they have a 3 inch shell still kicks pretty good..... charlie

[Randy Roberts]

Charlie my 3 frame DH 12 gauge has 34" Damascus barrels with an unstruck weight of 6 lbs 8 oz. If memory serves me right the barrels finished weight was either 5-8 or 5-9. Special instructions were to chamber 2 7/8, and to shoot #4 or #5 shot. No distance, no pellet count, just that info.

[charlie cleveland]

boy that 3 frame has some heavy barrels...it has the most heavest barrels on a 3 frame 12 ga I ve heard of...I really like these guns with long barrels heavy weights...must have been a water fowler that ordered your gun...what chokes do you have in this gun....I never tire of talking about these big guns...charlie

[Randy Roberts]

Chokes are tight at .036 and .039. I shot wobble trap with it Tuesday night and can definitely say it is capable of absolutely crushing targets with 1 oz of #8's. Shot 1 round where we only had 3 shooters and the darn thing was starting to get a little heavy. Ordered with a requested weight of 10 to 10 1/2 pounds and holding tight today at 1 oz under the 10 lb mark.