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All day long. Any shotgun can handle shorter shells than it is chambered for as long as they are the same gauge.
Is it chambered for magnum shells? If not, the answer is NO.
The length of the chamber in a 2 3/4 inch chambered shotgun is 2 3/4". The longer 3" shotgun shells will not fit in the chamber, being 1/4" too long. You can shoot 2 3/4" shotgun shells, of the correct gauge, in a 3" chambered shotgun.
3 rds. max
12-70 is frequently used to indicate the gauge of the shotgun followed by the length of the chamber in millimeters. In the US, or non-metric measurements, that means a 12 gauge shotgun chambered for 2.75 inch (usually read two and three quarter inch) shells. Sometimes, you'll see 12-76 to designate a 12 gauge shotgun chambered for 3 inch shells.
This is a Browning Auto-5 Shotgun, 16 guage made in 1950. It is chambered for 2 3/4" 16 ga shells
yes 2 3/4 shell will work in a shotgun chambered for 3in as long as they are of the same gauge
2 rounds in magazine and plugged to prevent more.
You can fire 2 and 3/4 inch shells in a shotgun chambered for 3 inch shells. There is no 3 and 3/4 inch shell made.
Yes but not the other way around .You can not use 3" shells in a 2 3/4 chambered gun.
I believe that the year was 1958.That was the first year Browning chambered a magnum version of its auto-5 shotgun.