Need more info on Belgium Browning 16 gauge
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Sounds like a Belgian-made pre-WW2 Browning Auto-5 shotgun, although you did not specify the model of shotgun. If so, it was produced in 1931. Does it have a sliding safety that goes front-back through the trigger guard or a cross-bolt safety?
As the barrel inscription says, it is designed to fire the 2-9/16" 16 ga shotgun shells popular until WW2, not the now-standard 2-3/4" shells. Do not try to fire it with 2-3/4" shells, it will overpressure and it will jam when the hull becomes stuck in the ejection port.
It can be modified by a good gunsmith to fire the longer shells, but the job will cost as much as buying another shotgun of similar type.
As the barrel inscription says, it is designed to fire the 2-9/16" 16 ga shotgun shells popular until WW2, not the now-standard 2-3/4" shells. Do not try to fire it with 2-3/4" shells, it will overpressure and it will jam when the hull becomes stuck in the ejection port.
It can be modified by a good gunsmith to fire the longer shells, but the job will cost as much as buying another shotgun of similar type.
impalacustom
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PV stands for smokeless powder. Some of the other markings are probably fitters, builders and proof markings.
oneounceload
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You can get properly sized ammo from RST or Polywad - both will carry shells designed for older guns at acceptable pressure levels
Sheer luck... pure and simple, you got lucky.
I never had a mishap over applying fertilizer until I was taught how easy it was to fry the grass or shrubs then WHAM... had my first burn...
I learned right then that sometimes there seems to be safety with ignorance.
Brent
oneounceload
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That will create a pressure spike that will lead not only to increased recoil effects, but could also lead to severe damage to the gun, or to yourself. At the very least, you'll accelerate the wear and degradation of the gun at a much faster rate, at the most, you'll have a kaboom