Plain twist barrels and low pressure loads

[winplumber]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Parker used service and proof load pressures are set out in the table on p.515, TPS. You'll find that a chamber pressure of 7000psi is on a very conservative, low side. Parker made no load distinctions between fluid, damascus and twist steel barrels.

Here is a photo my old GHE 12ga with so-called high brass loads.

Bruce
What are your barrels ? and when you say so-called high brass loads ,what are they actually .I hope someone that reads this does not think they can shoot high brass out of a Twist gun.

[Bruce Day]

Those were Federals. 1 1/8oz, 6 shot, 3 1/4dram eq, 1255 fps, H123 6, their Heavy Field Load Game-Shoc. They make a good heavier load out of the old damascus G. They work well for me and I have about half a case left after several seasons.

[Robt. Harris]

Jent,

With the deal concluded today, I guess I can say mine is a No. 2 frame gun as well - with a barrel weight stamp of 4 lbs. 3 oz. Total gun weight is 7 lb. 13 oz. Tubes are 30" 12 gauge, uncut, with 2-5/8" chambers weighing 3 lbs. 10 oz. Chokes of .038" and .040" constriction respectively. Weight of barrel group to include forend is coincidentally 4 lb. 3 oz. Internally, bores are still mirror bright with a nominal dia. of .731 in each, and can't imagine they wouldn't hold up to loads as you describe- but with my handloading I'm usually under 6K psi at one ounce.

The gun obviously did a lot of closet time judging by the condition it's in, and I'm happy to have come across it. 'Thanks' for your input, and with just a bit more looking I'll figure out how to 'Thank' you guys in the appropriate boxes beneath the posts.


Rob

[Big D]

Bob - for thanks, look at the extreme lower fight of a post and locate the yellow "Thumbs Up" doobie. That will register a "thanks"

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Bill, I am not an easterner. I was talking about Hungarian partridge, which is a totally different bird than a ruffed grouse, which they call partridge in the east.

Correction Bruce... it's pa'tridge! You gotta work on that accent.

[Paul Harm]

In Michigan , how about just " pats " or " pat ". My dad used to say he was going " pat hunting this week end ". Paul