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Posted by BillM on July 5, 2008, 11:45 am
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Picked up a 16ga SxS hammer gun yesterday.
Steel (not damascus) barrels. Nothing fancy,
made by Crescent but it's in great mechanical
shape.
Has the old 2 9/16" chamber length. I want to
take it out to the standard 2 3/4" chamber.
Brownell's wants $175 for the reamer, and I
probably wouldn't use it twice in my lifetime.
Any good reason not to make a quick D reamer for
the job?
Bill
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Posted by Dave, I can't do that on July 5, 2008, 1:00 pm
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Hi Bill,
> Any good reason not to make a quick D reamer for the job?
I would check the working pressure of the 2-9/16" as the 2-3/4" will
have a lot more grunt to push out the larger load. The barrel may not
be designed to handle the CUP of 2-3/4".
Dave
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Posted by Trevor Jones on July 5, 2008, 4:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options Dave, I can't do that wrote:
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> Hi Bill,
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>>Any good reason not to make a quick D reamer for the job?
>
>
> I would check the working pressure of the 2-9/16" as the 2-3/4" will
> have a lot more grunt to push out the larger load. The barrel may not
> be designed to handle the CUP of 2-3/4".
>
> Dave
I wouldn't give it a second thought.
Shotshell pressures are all in the 6000 to 10,000 psi range, and have
been for about ever. Lengthening chambers has been a stock in trade for
the smiths for about as long. The longer shells are mostly to deal with
the newer styles of wads that replaced the felt washers the were used
for eons. The payloads are not appreciably larger, typically on either
side of an ounce.
If you think the barrels and action will take it, have at.
Good opportunity to build a nice long forcing cone onto the chamber,
if it is not already.
FWIW, there were some write-ups done a while back in Double Gun
Journal, on the pressure results from shooting 12G 2 3/4" shells, in old
2 1/2" chambers. The rise in pressure that came about was far less than
had been predicted, and came as a bit of a shock to the hand-wringers
that were predicting a disaster.
Cheers
Trevor Jones
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Posted by Gunner Asch on July 5, 2008, 4:44 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:00:14 -0700 (PDT), "Dave, I can't do that"
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>Hi Bill,
>
>> Any good reason not to make a quick D reamer for the job?
>
>I would check the working pressure of the 2-9/16" as the 2-3/4" will
>have a lot more grunt to push out the larger load. The barrel may not
>be designed to handle the CUP of 2-3/4".
>
>Dave
They were nickle steel and Should be ok for light loads. NO Field
Magnums. AA trap loads and the like.
Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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Posted by Dave, I can't do that on July 5, 2008, 5:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options > On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:00:14 -0700 (PDT), "Dave, I can't do that"
Hi Gunner,
> They were nickle steel and Should be ok for light loads. NO Field
> Magnums. AA trap loads and the like.
But that's my point. With a 2-9/16" shot shells it is impossible to
over load the design.
What happens if he reams it to 2-3/4" and later sells it? Or dies and
the estate is sold off. A death trap waiting for an innocent.
I hate the phrase "should be OK" when it comes to guns and overloading
the design.
Still each to his own.
Dave
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