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09-01-2012, 10:41 AM | #3 | ||||||
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2 1/2" chambers for 2 5/8" shells were quite common, in fact standard procedure at Parker Brothers, maybe Fox also. At PB, company blueprints and hang tags specified chambers 1/8" shorter than the shell intended to be shot in that gun.
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09-01-2012, 01:02 PM | #4 | ||||||
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So is everyone shooting 2 1/2 in shotshells through there guns.
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09-01-2012, 10:35 PM | #5 | ||||||
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ive got a couple parkers and a lc smith with 2 1/2 inch chambers but i shoot the 2 3/4 inch shell in them all the time with never a problem... and all are 20 ga s... charlie
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09-02-2012, 01:22 PM | #6 | ||||||
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I shoot a lot of RST ammo out of my old guns. Guess they are 2.5". That said, there are a number of 12 gauge lite loads out there that are 2 3/4" and they will work fine. Doesn't take much lead in the air to knock down a gamebird a long as the ranges aren't unreasonable. PS. I do have a Fox 20 gauge Sterlingworth made circa 1937 and shoot standard Remington Game loads out of it (7/8 ounce). Don't believe I'm causing much of a problem and I probably only shoot a box or two a year.
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10-12-2012, 03:46 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I just shot my 1929 Fox Sterlingworth, a 12 gauge. The original legomutton case is marked 2&3/4 inch and a 1&1/8th oz load. I shot it with standard 1 oz skeet loads and she gave me a good wallop!
I have not measured the chambers, have no way to do it, but now I'm wondering. I shoot a lot of 12 gauge double shotguns and I've never had one give me such a hit. Just read an old Jack O'Conner book about shotguns and he wrote that short chambers don't make a diff. Maybe with paper shells, but seems to me that modern plastic cases would kick a little harder and cause a pressure spike. |
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10-12-2012, 04:16 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I have bretty much decided to have my chambers run out to 2 3/4 in. The gun appears to be plenty strong and should handle most 12 ga light 2 3/4 loads. It is not as expensive to have this done as I had originaly though. Dose anybody out there know where I can have this done in or around alabama. Needs to be reliable.
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10-12-2012, 07:34 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Years ago, I used a forcing cone lengthing reamer to lengthen foring cones. Did it myself was easy to do. That would take care of your concerns. I personally shoot lite reloads out of a sterlingworth 12 all the time. Gun is light weight so I expect recoil. Dave
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10-12-2012, 08:19 PM | #10 | ||||||
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A few weeks a go I checked the price of 12 ga reamers. Their too exspencive to run one set of chambers out. I will try to find someone in alabama but if I can't I may send it to a friend in oregon.
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