I purchased a medium quantity of Sellier and Bellot 00buck in 12 gauge. Box reads '2 3/4" 00buck max dram equiv.'
I was kind of disappointed when, for the first time in a WHILE, I tried to load all 7 rounds in the tube of my now WELL discussed Winchester defender... and only 6 would fit!
So after disassembling the gun to see if there was some obstruction in the mag tube, I got NOWHERE! It was only days later, JUST NOW in fact, that I realized the problem...
I decided to try again, but only having 5 S&B shells handy, I decided to raid the gun cabinet for whatever was in there. I grabbed a box of Federals, and oops, they're 3" magnums. But wait... they don't look any shorter than the S&B's... THEY'RE NOT!!! The S&B's are 3" long, though I'm sure they're not "magnums".
Okay, that's it... I just thought I'd share!
I was kind of disappointed when, for the first time in a WHILE, I tried to load all 7 rounds in the tube of my now WELL discussed Winchester defender... and only 6 would fit!
So after disassembling the gun to see if there was some obstruction in the mag tube, I got NOWHERE! It was only days later, JUST NOW in fact, that I realized the problem...
I decided to try again, but only having 5 S&B shells handy, I decided to raid the gun cabinet for whatever was in there. I grabbed a box of Federals, and oops, they're 3" magnums. But wait... they don't look any shorter than the S&B's... THEY'RE NOT!!! The S&B's are 3" long, though I'm sure they're not "magnums".
Okay, that's it... I just thought I'd share!