If a shotgun has a 3" chamber, will it shoot 2 3/4" shells? And, if so, which would cycle better in a 3" chamber, 2 3/4" or 3"? (I am probably showing my ignorance again. Oh del!. Only dumb question it the one not asked, right?)
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If a shotgun has a 3" chamber, will it shoot 2 3/4" shells? And, if so, which would cycle better in a 3" chamber, 2 3/4" or 3"?
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scratchgolf72- Thank you very much! I have to let him (ignorance) shine every now and then. I actually have only shot 3 or 4 shotguns in my life, a single shot 20 gauge, a 60 year old semi-auto (with a gas system that didn't like low power loads) another semi-auto 12ga. that was kinda old, and a you single shot 20ga (sounds like a broken record doesn't it). Any way I have had very little experience with newer guns, and no experience with pump shotguns. I do have another question though. What about 3 1/2 inch chambers? Will they shoot 2 3/4 and 3 inch shells? Seems like it would be a little tricky to get a short bullet into a long chamber seamlessly.
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As for 3 1/2" chambers? All info above is applicable.
Met a gent many years back who said, "The only reason they make magnum shotguns is so those Cajuns in south Louisiana can hear noise and feel pain when they pull the trigger!"!
Bill was basically saying they're pretty much the same.
The "advantage" to magnums is increased "shot charge". With a heavier shot charge you need more powder. You're basically launching the same size shot at the same velocity. You're just sending more shot down range.
With increased powder charge and increased "payloads", the down side is a DISTINCT increase behind the stock and in the wallet.
Now I'll stir up the bees nest, as it were! Learn to shoot a shotgun and standard, 2 3/4" ammo will kill anything the "Magnums" will!
(Let the "weeping and wailing" start!)
Chewy
Words of wisdom my daddy taught me as a young man that still work today:
Pattern density, not shot size, kills!"
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chewy, you can shoot any shell that is as big or smaller then the chamber allows. so in a 3 1/2" gun you can fire whatever shell you please. in a 3" you can shoot 3" and 2 3/4". in a 2 3/4" chamber you can only shoot just that, 2 3/4".
i shoot a beretta a400 unico now, and i bought the 3 1/2" model. i have shot big 3 1/2" goose loads and light sporting clay loads through the gun with no issues, they got it right with the blink gas system.
not sure what you mean by "tricky" to get a shorter shell into a 3 1/2" chamber?????
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Maybe tricky was not the right word. With a shorter shell in a long chamber, it seems there would be a better chance that a 2 3/4 inch shell would jam in a 3 1/2 inch chamber. I guess if there was a seamless barrel to chamber connection a bullet could not jam. Sorry, I guess that statement was not well thought out.
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