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Old 07-20-2011, 04:04 PM   #5
Hawg
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Default Re: Black Powder or Smokeless Powder?

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Originally Posted by myfriendis410 View Post
If it's manufactured after the turn of the century it's a fluid steel barrel and designed for smokeless. You will be able to tell in a hurry if it's a 2 1/2" chamber when you shoot the longer shell it should drastically fray the end of the hull. My guess though is it's a 2 3/4" chamber designed to shoot a paper hull. You might want to have the forcing cone lengthened to take the plastic shells.
There were still some damascus barrels being made into the 20's. No it wont fray the shell but shooting a 2 3/4 shell out of a 2 1/2 inch chamber raises pressure drastically. Good point about the forcing cone.
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