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My 28 ga Wiggan & Elliott have this bore diameter and I am surprised cause is the 24 bore. What do you think about?
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The stamp is a >>26<< overstamped w/ a >>28<<.
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I believe it is a "20" where the zero has been over-stamped with an "8". Has this gun been sleeved? It may have been sleeved down to 28ga or even chamber-sleeved down to 28ga from 20ga. ---Matt
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Thanks for your replies. It's something extrange in these marks. It looked like there was a zero under the eight, but the chamber doesn't been sleeved down to 28 ga from 20 ga. See the picture below. 28 bore diameter: .550 24 bore diameter: .579 So, what do you think? May be, a bad day of the person who recorded the marks?
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It is not overly uncommon for a gun to have a chamber smaller than common for the bore( ie "overbore condition") , this may be an extreme example. Mike
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Back-Bored technology, but from the 19th century, isn't it? What a curious thing and thank you for your words.
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Dear Campero,
Are there any earlier Black Powder proof marks stamped on the barrel? Does that show a 24?
My guess is that it could have been made as a 24 bore, and when those cartridges became unobtainable then the chamber was sleeved to accept 28 bore cartridges.
I know that some gunsmiths chamber sleeved 16 bores to 20 bore to make them more saleable.
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Dear Parabola, Thanks for your reply. There are these marks in the barrel. The number is very confused. 26? I don't think it was converted to 28 bore because the barrel has no joints.
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It was originally proofed as a 26 bore. ( .563).
I have not found any reference to 26 bore cartridges being made.
It might have been made as a open bored 28 bore, or a tight bored 24 bore in the way that new 12 bores were often stamped 13, or 13/1.
If it was chamber sleeved from 24 to 28 you would not see any external joins, only possibly a faint circle in or around the cartridge rim recess.
In any event it is now nitro proofed as a 28 , so I am sure you will continue to enjoy shooting it.
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Thank you, Parabola.
No reference to the 26 gauge either. Something strange.
In the photo above, showing the wax I used to measure the breech, no circle is visible. Something even weirder.
No nitro proof engraved, but I use it with current 28/65 cartridges. And yes, I enjoy it very much.
Regards!
Last edited by campero; 01/30/21 04:11 AM.
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