IF your empties look like this, you have a problem, with your gun

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'Feathering' of the case mouth might be a concern

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Otherwise, I don't disagree, but believe it is reasonable to find some shorter that 2 3/4" hulls. Maybe someone could kindly measure some current 16g hulls for us?