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But, what is the advantage of a 2" chambered gun? Anything more than it being a novelty?
SRH The English versions are lighter to carry. Best, Ted
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Well, near as I can tell, THEN you don't have money left to buy cute little 2" ammunition. Honestly, I always thought the guy who dreamed up the 2" gun was trying to sell me something I already owned. The only advantage I ever saw was it would be easier to carry back to the truck than a 2 3/4" gun, on a day you got skunked.
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I don't even see how it's easier to carry, anywhere, than a 20 of the same weight and carrying the same load, for which you can buy ammo anywhere........ for $5.50/box.
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It was an attempt to create and fill a specialty niche. A 12 which could be made as light as a 20, shoot a payload which had a very short shot string, which was about what a 20 would shoot. I don't think our British cousins ever had the mania for small bores like we do over here. Small bores were seen as guns for youths, females and old men. A 12, even a 2" 12, would be seen as a mans gun.
The one I had was just an ounce or two over five pounds. Choked what patterned like tight IM and LtM. Very fast swinging gun which had a small bore feel to it. One of the reasons I let it go it was very limited by the shell payload and the fact that I had multiple small bores that did the same thing.
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Stan, I don't think anyone can argue a 2" gun has an advantage over something else. The topic has been brought up on this board over the years. The heyday for the 2" 12 was in the 1930s probably to compete with the lightweight 12 craze like Churchill XXVs. Check out this old thread Arrieta 2". A lot of discussion, but no single answer. Ken
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But, what is the advantage of a 2" chambered gun? Anything more than it being a novelty?
SRH 1. You have the proportions & "feel" of a traditional 2 1/2" chambered 12 ga game gun in a gun of light 20 ga. weight. 2. You don't have any worries re. blowing up a 12 ga gun by loading a 20 ga shell in front of a 12 ga shell (it does happen & more frequently than it should).
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They reportedly throw spectacular patterns and kill very efficiently.
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Brittany Man,
Your first answer is a good one. While I don't feel the need or desire for such, I can get my head around someone maybe wanting that. But, the deal with the 20 ga. shell in the 12 is more of a stretch, IMHO. People spending money to protect themselves from their own carelessness has always been a foreign concept to me.
Thank you for the reply, SRH
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I don't think the patterns would be any different than a 2 3/4" shell with the same pay load - 3/4 or 7/8oz of shot. The shot column is the same height so the short shot sting is the same for both. JMHO
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