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Sweet 16 - question rephrased

vdelamortvdelamort Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
edited May 2002 in Ask the Experts
I'm new to these shotguns - BT99 was kind enough to reply to original posting, but I need clarification if anyone can help. Is it only the barrel which determines whether 2-9/16" or 2-3/4" shells can be fired, or is it the receiver on the gun? I have Sweet 16 with 2-9/16" barrel, and I want to shoot 2-3/4" shells. I know I can't shoot them with the 2-9/16" barrel. My question is: can I simply buy another barrel to handle 2-3/4" shells, or does the gun itself have to be modified?
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you have a barrel that will fit, and it is marked 23/4 it will work just fine.

    Hope this Helps.

    Rugster
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,036 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OR YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BARREL RECHAMMBERED TO 2 3/4", don't change the markings and no but you one will ever know. I know someone will raise a stink about altering and original sweet 16 but 1/16" isn't much and the gun will never know the difference.
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    Not altogether true. The barrel can be relieved for the modern rounds, but anyone that knows A-5's will be able to tell at a glance.

    I don't really see any problem, nor do I suspect the value would be much changed.

    nord
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  • browningcollectorbrowningcollector Member Posts: 31 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can swap barrels, but I have had problems with shells catching on front end of receiver opening during ejection.
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have done this modification. The front radius of the ejection port should be moved forward. The barrel's chamber is easily extended with a chambering reamer or long forcing cone reamer, but the average gunsmith will not have these reamers, as work on 16 Ga. guns is directly in proportion to how many 16 Ga. guns are out there in use---not many. If you find a 'smith with the reamer the job should not be too expensive; but if your local 'smith doesn't have the reamer you should expect to pay for the reamer as part of the job as he won't have occasion to use it again for a long time.
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  • BT99BT99 Member Posts: 1,043 ✭
    edited November -1
    I have the reamer. A $20.00 bill and return shipping of the barrel
    will get it done.
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