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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ 2.5 inch shells in an pre-WWI Brownin A5 with 2 3/4 chambers |
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Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:30 am
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Location: Colorado priaries
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| I've read a dozen or so posts of why you shouldn't use 2 3/4 inch shells in 2.5 inch chambers but what about using 2.5 shells in 2 3/4 chambers on a Browning A5. |
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Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:45 am
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Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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| shorter is always ok as long as : the shells create enough recoil to cycle your gun ... as long as it/they don't affect the timing of the gun . you won't know either until you try them . all rem 870's for instance are now 3'' chambers , but 95% of the shells thru them are 23/4''.... welcome by the way ! |
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Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:00 am
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| Thanks 16gaDavis... |
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Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:36 pm
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| Please post pictures of your 100+year old 16 gauge Auto-5! Only a few 16 gauge guns came into this country until 1923. You have the rarest of Brownings. |
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Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:22 am
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| RST has 2 1/2 in 16's that they list as "A5 type", 1oz both lead and copper plated. |
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