The 20 gauge chambers were 2 1/2" until the mid 1930's but the 16 gauge didn't change until late 1939 or early 1940's. I have a 1939 16 gauge that still has 2 9/16" chambers. The bores on the early 16 gauges were .650 and this changed sometime in the 1930's to .660-.662.
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