[quote=JDW]
I thought that I had said modern guns when I said about putting a 3" shell in a 2 3/4" chamber. Meaning new guns. I was trying to make a point about using a new manufactured 3" shell in a new modern proofed 2 3/4" chambered gun. To me that is the same difference as what the topic is.
OK, got it. I believe that the data has shown that if both the 3" shell and the 2-3/4" shell are loaded to the same pressure, and the 2-3/4" chambered gun is designed for that pressure, then there will be no significant pressure rise (10 to 15 %, significance is up to the one interpreting the results). But as someone said before me, there really is no motivation to do this because there is no cost or convenience-based motivation. In fact, 2-3/4" shells are easier to find and cost less to begin with. But whatever the outcome or motivation, I must agree with you that it is something we generally don't do.
(JDW:)I must have missed the part where the gentleman was from England, I thought he was from S.C.
Yes, London in fact, according to his profile. And I don't disagree with his view point when I take it in context with where he is from and what he's used to over there, and what he probably meant. But I wanted to point out that there are other guns being discussed than British, and in the end, wall-thickness and condition trump a set of proof marks, especially on guns that never had them.
Also did you get a long beard this morning?
Heh! Well, no. But I did have an enjoyable hunt. We are having a record-setting cold spell this week, and the wind has been up over 20 mph for 3 days straight. I got in the woods among the swaying trees this morning and could hear one gobbler proclaiming the Gospel with conviction. But, he was 100 yds. across the property line roosted on the edge of a field on that property. That was where he intended to go and I could not convince him otherwise. He must have stayed in the tree for over an hour past normal fly-down time, riding the swaying limbs and arguing with a bunch of owls. I had two jakes come to investigate me up to about 15 yds. and I managed to not spook them, and watched them feed away. By 8:00 I was frozen, and packed it in. Enjoyable morning, though.
