Originally Posted By: 2-piper
Just personally I would not fire even that first shell loaded with a slug or other solid projectile from a bbl in which I knew the hull length was longer than the chamber. This presents an altogether different circumstance than firing a load of shot which can flow through the slight reduction of diameter. I would likewise not fire a shell which had a loaded length long enough to reach into & engage the cone prior to firing.


Have ever try buckshots? It will be the same like with slugs or worth even.
I remember Collath' double 16g 2.5" (btw, bores were marked 16) broke half of plastic 2.75" shell and buckshot flew away like solid slug. Kick was significant.

Geno.