Tamid, I have a Field Grade 12 ga. Longrange 3" with 32" barrels choked like yours, full/full (.041 & .042) Mine has the Hunter One Trigger and ejectors also with the re-enforced loop. Mine is 1 of 30 Filed Grades made in this configuration. I had done a pattern testing for Dr. Drew and Dr. Jim for an article they were writing for our Journal about the hyberbole of the Longrange killing ducks at 80 yards. I drew a duck inside a 30" circle (flying) and using my range finder set the target on a stake 80 yards away. The reloads I used were from the Alliant site using 3" Winchester hulls 41.5 grs. Blue Dot powder, Win. 209 primer, Win. WAA12SL wad, with 1 3/8 oz. shot. Velocity 1361 fps., 7800 psi.
At 80 yards with the naked eye it looked the size of a Starling. I have pictures of the results but off the top of my head can't remember except I remember 1 pellet hitting near the heart and one possibly breaking a wing.
The recoil was awful, shooting in the summer with just a tee shirt on, only fired two shells, enough for me. This was supposed to replicate the load used when the 3" Longrange was made. I'm guessing, but at 80 yards say at a Canvasback going full bore the lead must be the length of a bus.
I've owned the gun for 20 years and that is the only shells I have fired in it, at the time I thought it would be neat to have.......
