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  • perry shooter
    About how much is 60 inchpounds, I ask because that is how much the HS precision stock should be tightend down from what ive seen. Just wondering, is that just barely hand tight, or real tight...i dont have a guage and want to shoot. Thanks
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  • Knifecollector
    I've read that they became available to the public in 1954. There had been experimenting with a 3" 20 gauge for some time before that though.
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  • CapnMidnight
    That is pretty close to what I've read.
    I remember as a small kid, a lot of family and friends shot 16 gauge, it was a real popular gauge at that time. By the mid to late 60s, the 3" 20 was the thing, 16s where sitting in the closet.
    W.D.
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  • TRAP55
    UMC offered it in May of 1900.
    Their catalog offered 20-gauge shells in 2 1/2, 2 3/4, 2 7/8 and 3-inch.
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  • laxcoach
    1900 is correct--- slightly newer than the 3" 16, but neither were what was classified as a "magnum".
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  • perry shooter
    THANKS ALL I purchased a little Combo gun last night Trying to figure what time frame it was made Cheers Karl
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  • machine gun moran
    Wouldn't the guns they were used in have required their chambers to be deepened so the crimps could open?
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  • perry shooter
    Yes the chamber would have to match the shell I was asking the question because Then I would know the gun had to be newer than the first 3 inch magnum shell made because the gun was marked 3 inch
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  • laxcoach
    Both the 20 and the 16 had 3" chambers---and-- I have 2-3" 16 ga shells, one Peters and one Ajax---and--- a 3" 16 ga L C Smith!
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  • Bert H.
    Winchester's first shotgun chambered for a 3" 20-ga shell was the Model 1885 Single Shot, in 1913 - 1914.
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  • perry shooter
    Wow thanks all I never knew it dated back nearly that far . I thought maybe i960'S
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