rritter
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A friend of mine has inherited an old Wards 20ga shotgun and asked me to help figure it out. I know pretty much nothing about shotguns. This is a bolt-action gun with a fixed box magazine that looks like it could hold two or three shells. The outside length (front - to - back) of the magazine is 2 3/4 inches.
Looking around on the net, it seems that shotgun shells for a particular gauge come in different lengths. Which length would fit this gun? Is there a default length for 20ga. shells?
Does anyone have any more information about this model? Again, it's a Wards Western Field Model 16M 20ga repeater. Web searches don't seem to turn up very much. Anything much I should look out for before shooting it? I've disassembled it and don't see any obvious problems aside from a crack in the forestock. The firing pin tends to stick forward when I dry-fire it, but I don't think it will do that with a cartridge in the chamber.
Thanks!
Roger
Looking around on the net, it seems that shotgun shells for a particular gauge come in different lengths. Which length would fit this gun? Is there a default length for 20ga. shells?
Does anyone have any more information about this model? Again, it's a Wards Western Field Model 16M 20ga repeater. Web searches don't seem to turn up very much. Anything much I should look out for before shooting it? I've disassembled it and don't see any obvious problems aside from a crack in the forestock. The firing pin tends to stick forward when I dry-fire it, but I don't think it will do that with a cartridge in the chamber.
Thanks!
Roger