Ron, not all shells of the same gauge are exactly the same length when fired.
“Average Joe hunter” needs to familiarize himself with chamber length and barrel wall thickness and the type of ammo he thinks he can use in these classic old doubles. If that’s too much trouble for him, he really has no business shooting classic old doubles.
A 2 5/8” chamber was made to shoot 2 3/4” shells. The shell when fired, would open about 1/8” into the forcing cone. The belief was that this would provide a better gas seal.
I also have 20 gauge Parkers with 2 3/8” chambers that were made to shoot 2 1/2” shells.
There is also a ‘stretch’ factor in plastic shells and none of the modern plastic shells were manufactured with the requirements of our classic old doubles.
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