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All Folsom Baker 12s and I believe all Baker 12s since about 1900 have 2 3/4" chambers. Gunsmith http://www.odenthalgunsmithing.com/
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Any one know of any gunsmiths in the Minneapolis area that are good with older shotguns? Lawrence Dullum could handle that one. Phone is 763-753-4660. Best, Ted
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Sidelock
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2 holer, the Bakers after 1900 were not entirely 2 3/4" chamber guns. One should measure.
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Boxlock
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With a chamber of 2.60 +, would be a 2 3/4 inch gun, no?
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Sidelock
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USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Skeettx, A 2 3/4 inch shell is only about 2.3 to 2.4 inches long, measuring a couple of different ones I have. Some were even shorter. A Federal 3" mag measured 2.60. Just asking...
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You have to measure the FIRED hull and NOT the loaded ammo.
BUT you are making progress
Keep the question coming
Mike
USAF RET 1971-95
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Chamber length of a shotgun is not determined by the length of the "Loaded" shell but the length it unfolds to after firing. The fired length of most nominal 2 3/4" shells will fall a bit short of 2.75", but nowhere near that 2.3"-2.4". It is worth noting though that until fairly recent times SAAMI specs for the 2 3/4" 12 gauge chamber allowed for a minimum length from breech to cone of 2.6136". Thus any nominal 2 3/4" shell would upon firing lap up intp the cone of a chamber cut to the minimum specs
"No" shotshell should "Ever" be fired in a chamber in which the "loaded" shell has to be forced into the cone.
Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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