Originally Posted By: L. Brown
Originally Posted By: JDW
Larry, Tom has a 1933 that has 2 3/4" chambers marked, I have a 1939 with the Single Sighting Plane that still has 2 9/16" chambers. As Tom said, "never say never".


Tom, I wouldn't say "never" on any of the American classics. But I'm pretty sure a 2 3/4" 16ga from 1933 would have been a special order. If you look in Brophy's book, Appendix C, p. 228, you'll find the Hunter Arms Co diagrams for "regular barrels". Chamber length for the 12 is 2.75"; for the 16, 2.5625". Drawing dated 4-6-38.


Researcher has made a good case that Parker and Fox held their chambers short by about an 1/8" So a chamber for 2-3/4" shells would be 2-5/8" long and a chamber for 2-9/16
would be 2-7/16" long.


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