Too bad there ISN'T some editorial comment or pertinent facts included. Like if there was a 20 ga. shell dropped in ahead of the 12 ga. shell? Why it has an unfinished stock attached? Why the edges of the blow-out appear to have been painted gold? Some detail about what really happened? I don't believe is was a normal, properly loaded 2-3/4" cartridge, fired in a normal, healthy 2-1/2" chamber. Where's Paul Harvey when we need him? There has to be more to the story than a 2-3/4" shell in a 2-1/2"
chamber!
I'm not suggesting that anyone fire 2-3/4" shells in chambers shorter than 2-3/4". I don't give a rat's recoil pad what others do. Parker, in their own literature, said best performance would be obtained by firing 2-3/4" shells in 2-5/8" chambers, but what did Parker know? We've got people who worry about the wisdom of firing 2-3/4" shells in 3" chambers, fercrysake! Truth is, I lengthen my chambers to 2-3/4" because I can. Wall thickness permitting, of course.
