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The alloy Parker-Hale adapters (seen here in their 1962 catalogue) at 5 3/4” long or their steel Webley counterparts (at 5 1/2”) form a midway point between the chamber mate type adapter and the longer Savage Fourtenner adapters.

I remember reading an article* by Marshall Williams on trying out the Savage adapters and his expressing some surprise that the choke on the gun’s barrels still showed some influence on the patterns thrown down range by the .410 cartridges.

(* THAT ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT www.fourten.org.uk )

If I can find the time and a suitable place I hope to fire some .410 cartridges through a 30” .410 and also a 30” 12 bore (using the Webley adapter) to see how velocities compare as well as the patterns at 25 yards.

Last edited by Parabola; 04/21/23 01:05 PM.