One of the local Vintagers here is trying to make a 14-gauge Purdey function by fire-forming 16-gage hulls in it. He seems to be having some success with it but...that seems a bridge too far for me.
Its a beautiful gun (of course!) and it handles perfectly, but...
Lloyd, I can think of several reasons why attempting to fireform 16 ga. shells to 14 ga. would possibly be a very bad idea. But it would be interesting if you could find out some details.
At very least, I'd be hesitant to experiment with a nice rare and antique Purdey, and would rather open up the chamber and bore of some heavy old single shot 16 ga.to use for the fireforming and testing.
