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I personally have not measured any shorter than 2-5/8".
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06-22-2010, 10:58 AM
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Harry, I was kind of surprised, my first thought was I had the gauge in backwards. Then I thought I must have grabbed the wrong size,nope, then I looked at it and thought to myself wow they are the shortest I have run across (like Dave 2 5/8" seemed standard). Given they are about 2 1/4" they should probably be opened to use 2 3/4" shells and then I wondered if there would be enough metal there to go that deep etc.
The gun also appears to be restocked, overall a good job but there are some telling signs. I wonder now if the really short chambers led to that restocking. Mark if you are reading it's 112966 |
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06-22-2010, 11:12 AM
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My shortest 12 ga. is 2 9/16" and kicks pretty good with 2 3/4" ammo (which I haven't used since I learned of RST about five years ago).
I've never heard of 2 1/4" chambers in a 12 ga. Parker like yours Pete. I'm sure there's an explanation somewhere. |
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06-22-2010, 11:18 AM
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Dean, there was at least a half inch to go to get to the 2 3/4" line in both barrels. They gave a me a tape measure that is used to measure people for clothing so not very precise. However I have seen dozens of guns with 2 5/8" on these tools and this was nowhere close. Hope to go back Thurs and look it over again and this time with better tools, but the chambers are the shortest I have come across in a 12. It seemed so improbable I kept looking at the tool and wiggling it to make it go to where it would normally go on a 2 5/8" gun to no avail.
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06-22-2010, 12:27 PM
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Get a PGCA letter to see if the gun was ordered with short chambers.
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06-22-2010, 12:35 PM
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Bill I probably would if I buy it but I am not leaning towards purchase at the moment.
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06-22-2010, 02:11 PM
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More than likley it is a case of tight chamber borring. I would't come to any conclusions till I ran a bore guage down the chambers.
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06-22-2010, 02:15 PM
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I guarantee there were 2 inch chamber Parkers made, at least a few. British and American cartridges were available in that length for a long time....
DLH
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