2 1/2" 12 guage shells?

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I received a Remo-popular shotgun and from the research I've done they are chambered in 2 9/16" 12 guage. Apparently it is unsafe to shoot 2 3/4" from it and the internet recommends shooting 2 1/2" shells. As far as I can see none exist in Canada. There are those 1 3/4" Aguila shells which are what I'll likely use if nobody has any other suggestions?
 
I'm just happy to find some. Never even heard of 2 1/2" before looking into this gun. Says "nitro" on the barrel. They were machined out of old mauser actions after the war. Two shot bolt action shotgun.
 
Most 2 1/2" twelve gauge ammo is one ounce of shot, hunting ammo. Pressures are in the same region as standard velocity 2 3/4 " loads and recoil is approximately equivalent to one ounce 2 3/4" target loads in the same weight gun. They are designed for lightweight guns, most 2 1/2" twelve gauge doubles weigh between 6 1/2 and 6 3/4 pounds with a few very light examples down around six pounds even. A modern Beretta 686 over under 20 guage with 28" barrels will weigh about6 1/4 pounds for comparison.
 
Collint2005 said:
Im assuming the recoil on these to be fairly tame compared to 2 3/4"?
About like 3" to 2 3/4"?
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Recoil has nothing to do with length of the shell. It's physics. The weight of the load and the speed to which you are accelerating it. Longer shells MAY have more recoil but typically ONLY because they MAY have a heavier load (you can fit more shot in) for a given speed.
 
Would it not be cheaper in the long run to have it re-chambered to 2 3/4" ? No reason you could not use spacers to reload cut shells in a MEC 600 JR...... Harold
 
mbogo3 said:
Would it not be cheaper in the long run to have it re-chambered to 2 3/4" ? No reason you could not use spacers to reload cut shells in a MEC 600 JR...... Harold
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Sometimes fine, sometimes a real problem.

First, for any better quality gun, lengthening the chambers from original reduces the value of the gun. More importantly (and why it reduces value) is, depending on the barrel wall thickness in the area of the start of the forcing cone, which is being honed out to extend the chambers, the wall thickness can be made too thin and create a weak spot on the barrels' integrity at the point of highest pressure on detonation. And pressure will find the weak spot.

I like my face and hands. Once I understood the above, I no longer lengthened chambers.
 
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i make my own 2.5" shells...using has-been AA hulls...used a block of local birch, a spade bit, inlet a hinge, and an exact-o blade

works like a gem

1 oz loads for remo/geha guns

picked this one up for 125 at a show that was reblued and rifle sights added...can't imagine why?

nice little grouse gun

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