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Nice looking 20 ga 2E Ed, the only problem I see is that this gun was made between 1908-1912, 20 gauge guns did not have 2 3/4" chambers until the mid 1930"s.

think of it this way, you don't have to find a smith to lengthen the chambers, so you can shoot readily available ammo...

Well Ed I look at that as the integrity of the gun is ruined.

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well dave, you are certainly entitled to your negative asumptions...

but i would appreciate it, if you do not express them here...

it just awakens the vermin, who come ah runnin at the first indication of conflict...

So, ed, what are the barrel thicknesses ahead of these bubbaed chambers? Are you sure they are 90 each, all the way around?

see watt ah mean...

David, how can you say with certainty that the integrity of Ed's gun is ruined? Quite a few vintage doubles have had their chambers lengthened, apparently without ruining their integrity. I certainly can't tell from here, so I can't say. I don't even know if the chambers are actually 2 3/4", because a lot of guys seem to have trouble accurately measuring the length of chambers.

A few years ago, the Preacher was insisting that lengthening the chambers of our vintage doubles could actually increase the barrel wall thickness at the end of the re-cut chambers. That would increase integrity, wouldn't it? I wonder why you and the Nutty Professor didn't confront him about that? Do you think he was correct that removing metal ahead of a chamber would increase wall thickness in that region?

Then there was the Preachers long drawn out analysis of an L.C. Smith that burst in the chamber area.

https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=546106&page=all

The chambers were factory length, unaltered, but the gun blew up anyway. It appeared in the pictures that there was a fairly large inclusion under the burst chamber near the hole for the extractor, which left the barrel weak in that area. Dewey Vicknair reached the same conclusion about the void in the steel as a result of the inclusion. There was also a defective braze joint that was apparently done at the factory. So with these factory flaws, would you also conclude that all L.C. Smith were built with similar "ruined integrity"? Are you warning people here and on the L.C. Smith forum that all L.C. Smith's may have factory defects and "ruined integrity"?

Final question: Are you interested in buying this gun, or are you just here to disrupt a sale, which is the obvious motive of the Nutty Professor? I find it amusing that a guy like the Nutty Professor, who blew up a low-numbered Springfield and misled us about his own ineptitude being the actual cause, is pretending to be so interested in only the guns that Ed attempts to sell here.

I would think Keith that this gun being 7500 bucks would be enough for a lot of questions it is also refinished, was any barrel honing involved? We're the chambers pitted what is the wall thickness would be a valid question since it is refinished