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You should measure the chambers with a bore gauge rather than a ruler. The ruler allows for all kinds of slop while the gauge will give you an accurate reading. More important than the actual measurement (which could have been altered) is what load the gun was built to shoot. You can't go wrong shooting a low preasure, short shell, but the opposite is not the case.
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Probably means that someone in the past extended the chambers. This was not always done very carefully, for example I used to have a Crescent sxs that you could look down the barrels and actually see the difference in chamber lengths (compared to each other). Apparently, they were both supposed to have been rechambered 2-3/4's since that's what the shortest of the two chambers measured.
Steve
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Did you include the forceing cone? If you did return to go and start over. Odds favor a short chamber.
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303 British,
The "Spencer" name was used as a trade name by various makers over the years. Sort of hits a hot button for American buyers. I did some digging and came up with at 6 different makers.
Keep asking questions. If you can, post some pictures. A 90-100 year old sxs is not the same in every respect as the guns of today.
At the very least have a good sxs gunsmith look it over. If someone has messed with the chambers or chokes, make sure they did not do a hack job on the barrels and grind away an unsafe amount of metal.
Even if the gun is pristine, modern loads are not always safe in these older guns. There are enough examples of split barrels and cracked frames around.
These guns are a learning curve. It is a steeper curve if you don't have some one to ask questions of. I am still learning.
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Well, while going over this thing with a light and a magnifying glass I discovered the markings H.S.B.& Co. on the underside of the right barrel. I make the assumption that this stands for
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. so i think this answers the question of who made it. now just to figure out how old it is.
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Crescent operated from 1893 to 1930. Crescent was a subsidiary of H&D Folsom Sporting Goods, New York. Many of their products were sold through Folsom's retail outlets, but Folsom was also a large wholesale dealer and many Crescent guns were marked with the names or trademarks of other retail chains and even independent hardware stores. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co, Chicago (1882-1962), retailed the Victor shotguns which were manufactured by Crescent Arms, Norwich, CT (1893-1930).
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