Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
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16ga never was an Official Skeet Gage ( 12, 20, 28, .410 ) , so clay oriented places unlikely to have 16ga .
Guns in that time frame in 16 ga. had 2 1/2" chambers not the current 2 3/4"
Best to have it checked by Gun Smith that's familiar with older shotguns and if they are short chambers he can have them opened up to 2 3/4" ,
Simply dropping a shell in and seeing if closes won't work because the chamber
length is for the length of the fired shell . You can order 2 1/2" online , but I haven't looked for any in some time for my LC Smith vintage 1938 , I ordered 4 cases five years ago , I only use her for Grouse and Woodcock, If you want to open the chambers I'd take it to Scotts Gun Smithing , He did a couple of Browning A-5 barrels years ago .
Remington Game loads are low brass. It’s the Express that’s high brass. Game loads are typically less shot, but higher velocity. Like 1 oz at 1290 fps.Thank you. I can’t use that. I need low brass . But thank you for your generous offer.
I’m shooting a 1913 Parker Brothers. I can’t run the high brass.
Remington Game loads are low brass. It’s the Express that’s high brass. Game loads are typically less shot, but higher velocity. Like 1 oz at 1290 fps.
ETA: talking about 12 gauge. Perhaps 16 is different.