Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking Archived Message
Posted by David Williamson on December 23, 2013, 8:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking"
Since most of these lower graded guns were hardware store guns, they did come with a hang tag stating gauge, barrel length, chokes and what powder and shot were used to come up with these chokes. It would seem at that time you knew what gauge you wanted and why put another stamping on them, and I do also believe that the reason for no choke stamping is because different shells will give you different patterns which equals choke. As for some of the unusual chambers back then, L.C. Smiths were always 2 3/4". Some with the 2 5/8" chambers were most likely ordered as some back then thought that this length chamber was better for the shells made then. This was probably before the pie crimp and some believed it would shoot a better pattern. It would be very interesting to see a hang tag from a gun with 2 5/8" chambers and see what shell was used to do so. I do believe that any guns that have a different chamber length than specified and not marked were not done at the factory.
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Message Thread:
- Earliest 3" chamber marking - Drew Hause December 23, 2013, 12:08 pm
- Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking - Jason December 23, 2013, 7:21 pm
- Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking - charlie cleveland December 23, 2013, 7:38 pm
- Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking - David Williamson December 23, 2013, 8:22 pm
- Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking/ bismuth - Boocoo March 16, 2014, 6:50 pm
- Re: Earliest 3" chamber marking - David Williamson March 17, 2014, 4:07 pm
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