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Remington 1889 Hammer Gun
Ricci.Wright
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This is a very well made shotgun. Made in 1902 with nice tight wood and decarbonized steel 28" barrels choked mod and ic. But there is a ton of drop though, and I would guess it has short chambers.
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That's cool. The wood looks really good.
I guess the simplest way I can describe "stock drop) is the distance from your eyes to the barrel rib when your face is on the stock in shooting position. These old guns had a lot compared to modern guns. Old 16 ga guns sometimes have short 2 1/2" or 2 9/16" chambers instead of modern 2 3/4". Firing 2 3/4" shells in short chambers increases pressure. No, not damascus. As far as you bidding this is a full sized gun and would be too heavy for you.
I like side hammer shotguns!!
Short 2.5" shotshells are still avaliable. Just need to look a little to find them.
Or for a hundred dollars have the chambers lengthened.
Ricci is absolutely correct in that you can lengthen the chambers but I have never been one to alter classic firearms. I bought 2.5" shells for my Parker SxS which has factory 2 5/8" chambers, even though Parker stated there guns were safe to shoot the 2.75" shells. Indidividual owners choice.
Good point.
There's none on GunBroker.. already checked.. so it may be quite the trouble..
I have a very old (cir 1890), German made 16ga hammer shotgun with 2 1/2" chambers. Had a pair of chamber mates made from the 16 to 28gauge. Lots of fun to shoot & does well on clays.