I think the last few years of production of the 700 were chambered for 2 3/4" cartridges. An uncle of mine used to buy "Guns review" magazine i am sure some of you will remember, and passed them to me when he was finished. I vaguely remember adverts for the ph 700 and by then (early 80's) they were chambered in 2 3/4".
What makes me laugh now is modern clay and some game cartridges are going to 24gram/7/8 oz loads. If you open a cartridge, the thing is made up mostly of a silly long wad. They would be much better going back to a 2 1/2" case.
LGS had later production Webley 700 that was marked 2&3/4" on barrel flats. The Birmingham mass-produced SxS from 700 series is a benchmark for modern knockabout SxS game gun. It isn't going to be bested in quality and handling by anything field grade in same gauge made in USA. It takes very, very good gun to match or beat lowly Webley & Scott. One example would be "pipe-actioned" Manufrance Ideal once made in France.
