W. C. Scott and Son

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I am looking for information on a W. C. Scott & Sons 12 gauge box lock serial number 705xx (1900) in about 60% over all condition. It has 28" barrels and the receiver is engraved. I would like to know if this is a 2 3/4" chamber and the approximate value. My literature doesn't give me any information except recent models.:)
 
A gun writer friend of mine has one in 20 gauge - IIRC, his is from the 1920's - it has 2-1/2" chambers. Polywad and RST sell 2-1/2" ammo for guns like that. I would have the gun checked over first by someone who KNOWS older double guns.
The folks at doublegunshop.com can probably recommend someone.

Good Luck with that!
 
Scott made good boxlock guns and eventually merged into Webley and Scott.

Darn near all of these I've seen had 2.5" chambers. Like 1 oz said, a trip to Mr Smith is mandatory.

The Polywad loads are good, but had I a short chambered gun I was fond of shooting, I'd load for it. MEC has an adapter to change a single stage press from 2 3/4" to 2 1/2". Components and data are available from companies like Ballistic Products,etc.

HTH......
 
IF the smith gives it his blessing, shooting 2-1/2" loads aren't an issue, especially if you reload - the only stations you will need to tweak are the precrimp and final crimp ones. Once you get some hulls (or grind down some 2-3/4 ones) you will be able to get components

http://www.ballisticproducts.com/prodinfo.asp?number=072SSW

If you can, try to find some articles about these shells - my friend is using 2-3/4 in his 2-1/2 with VERY LOW pressure and velocity reloads. I'm not advocating this, but according to some of his research, there were some folks who did pressure testing and determined that with low pressure loadings, the hull mouth opening in the chamber area did not increase pressure too much. Now, this is something to discuss with a qualified smith.

Otherwise, I think I can scrounge up $200 for the gun!......:eek::D;)

Good luck with it
 
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