Originally Posted By: Last Dollar
Like a lot of other folks, i have been shooting 2 3/4 shells in short chambers with no problems. Caveat that they are low pressure loads (mine) using one of Joe Woods recipes. BUT the lil 16 hammer gun I just picked up will NOT allow a 2 3/4 inch shell to be chambered, without a great deal of force being applied...It will shoot short RST's as long as I have it...


Had the same issue with my 16s. Factory RSTs would chamber perfect but my reloads would not. Culprit was the brass base of the hull needed to be re-sized slightly smaller during the reloading. Lowered the re-sizer collet (MEC Sizemaster) by 1/8 turn and the problem was solved.


Mike C