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    Re: chamber rim depth Archived Message

    Posted by jos Simeone on October 15, 2007, 11:40 am, in reply to "chamber rim depth"

    Jack,
    Put in a standard 2 3/4 inch shell and test fire it. If the rim depth is greater than it should be, the impression on the primer will be thin and possibly not fire at all.
    I am not too sure you can easily correct this condition without having some material added-on and then reamed to size.
    Would you dare use 3 inch shells in a Featherweight without a gunsmith checking the wall thickness of the barrels at the chambering?
    JS


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