roughshooter Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 A little bit of a cry for help from you old guys I picked up a nice little Breda Long recoil shotgun. It came with a 25" barrel and the long multichoke that screw on externally to the barrel.It also came with a 28" magnum 710 barrel with the same multichoke fitting along with a separate stock and forend.I had a bit of an issue fitting the magnum barrel as it was chunkier than the standard 70mm barrel around the chamber but took some wood off and all works superbly until I try to cycle 76mm shells as they catch on the ejection port. There are no issues with feed from the bottom or chambering but only on the ejection.I am presuming that the sliding cover on the top of the action houses a slightly larger ejection port for the 3" cartridges???Does anyone have one sitting in the cabinet that could measure the ejection port?I really like these old Breda shotguns as they are reliable as ******* and would like to get it running at full speed with 3" loadsThanks in anticipationGraham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 I can’t offer any advice unfortunately, but just wanted to say how pleased I am that there are people out there still using these great old guns! I owned one many moons ago and really enjoyed using it. It never let me down and I loved the external choke system and can’t really fathom why it isn’t still in use. Hope you get sorted. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Just now, Scully said: I can’t offer any advice unfortunately, but just wanted to say how pleased I am that there are people out there still using these great old guns! I owned one many moons ago and really enjoyed using it. It never let me down and I loved the external choke system and can’t really fathom why it isn’t still in use. Hope you get sorted. 👍 SNAP ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 A mate once let me try a shot from his Breda long ago. Scared me to death. I thought it was coming apart when I fired it. Definitely not an auto man, me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 They are çertainly great quality guns compared to the modern Turkish semi autos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel100 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Rough shooter, I have one and can take some measurements. Not around until Thursday, if you can wait until then. As an aside, I actually think that the Breda looks nicer and disassembles a lot quicker than the original Browning A5 long recoil gun. Breda made and still make some very nice designs! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 12 minutes ago, Steel100 said: Rough shooter, I have one and can take some measurements. Not around until Thursday, if you can wait until then. As an aside, I actually think that the Breda looks nicer and disassembles a lot quicker than the original Browning A5 long recoil gun. Breda made and still make some very nice designs! Andy Cheers Andy there is no panic and yes I would agree 100% on the quality and ease of stripping. regards Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunman Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Are you shore its a 3" [76mm] gun ? If you had to take wood off the forend it suggests it was not intended for a magnum barrel . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted December 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Breda sold a magnum conversion kit for this gun back in the 60's. I have the magnum spring and friction rings as well as the magnum barrel. I am presuming the kit also came with a sliding cover that had a slightly bigger ejection port which is what I am trying to determine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel100 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Roughshooter, Some pics. and dimensions. These should be self-explanatory. Andy And two more - it's a 710 2.3/4" Magnum. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) Cheers for that Andy that is the same measurement as mine so just need to have a play to see why it is catching. once again thank you for your help Graham Edited December 5, 2019 by roughshooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel100 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 No probs. I actually have most of the parts for a second gun, except barrel, bolt and action body. The cover for that one is the same dimensions as this one. However, the barrel was a different profile from what I remember and the fore end is a little different and won't fit this gun ... A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 i think the magnum barrels are substantially beefier than the standard barrels which is why I had to remove some wood. oh well..... I think the 3" have a bigger ejection port but the joys of loading my own cartridges means I can load them in 70mm case and have it function fine once again thanks for your help and as an aside I think the Breda's are extremely underrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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