I doubt you were going to get a whole lot of custom chamber cutting on a Nitro, or, a Western Arms gun, back in the day.
Agreed Ted;
I was a bit indistinct on my post on those custom chambers. I believe those were for the most part over by WWI. What few may have been done later would not have been on a gun at the price-point level of a Nitro Special.
Was just pointing out that in the very early years shotgun chambers were not limited to what we tend to recognize as standards only. These early "Standards were 2˝" for 28 & 20 gauge, 2 9/16" for 16 & 14 gauge, 2 5/8" & 2 3/4" for 12 gauge & 2 5/8" & 27/8" for 10 gauge. Longer lengths, Hi-Velocity & eventually Magnum loadings would all come later.
Researcher has already mentioned the dates for some of these.
