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Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer
Did you resize the yellow shell? The reason I ask is thatI spent a lot of time coming up with a resizer when I bought an 8 gauge, loaded a couple aand found that my gun (1872 Scott and bone stock and untouched) was chambered for the dimensions of the industrial shell to start with. I suspect they were not standardized at the time. I wonder if anyone else has come across this in comparing US vs British guns.
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My chambers match CIP dimensions listed for the 8 gauge from what I can tell. I've read some 8 gauges will chamber the industrial shells without sizing. If I had a nicer 8 gauge I really loved I would probably just order brass shells since the availability is unreliable with industrial hulls.
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