8 gauge shotgun
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I had to dig pretty deep to find one. I'm surprised there isn't more???
Here's a variety of photos for the shotgun style, not the one that's mounted like a cannon.
http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/as18.htm
Here's a variety of photos for the shotgun style, not the one that's mounted like a cannon.
http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/as18.htm
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Kind of an old topic being brought up, but does anyone know of anyone who still owns an 8 gauge shotgun?
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The lady who owns the farm where I hunt had one for years. Single shot. She ended up selling it at an auction that she had. I wish I would have known she was selling the guns,it would have been over my fireplace. 
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8 dollars a shot.... are you for real
If it bother you that much, just think what it costs for a shot with a 1 1/2" punt gun.
If you need to work it out that is Powder + Shot + Wadding, etc.; so just for the hell of it lets ignore the cost of the wadding and caps etc. just think of the shot at £1 per once and you get 4 loads from a pound of powder.
Just for the record lets call that a total of $50 (minimum) now that is what I call Ouch but if you enjoy it do it cause you can't take it with you :eyeroll:
If you need to work it out that is Powder + Shot + Wadding, etc.; so just for the hell of it lets ignore the cost of the wadding and caps etc. just think of the shot at £1 per once and you get 4 loads from a pound of powder.
Just for the record lets call that a total of $50 (minimum) now that is what I call Ouch but if you enjoy it do it cause you can't take it with you :eyeroll:
It's a two part answer to this.jaydogg said:
Firstly, and this is the main reason for me is for wildfowling, because of the range and the pattern is far superior to any 12 or 10 bore load you can think of (we all know the benefits of bigger barrel diameters verses the same load of shot)
Secondly, some of it has to be nostalgia and the respect for these types of guns.
Guess there is a third one too, "we still can" so lets keep it. Even over here it is now classed as an obsolete "gauge" size.
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Tungsten is carcinogenic. Not as bad as lead but a lot worse than steel.
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If i was ever out hunting and saw a guy shooting geese at long ranges with an 8 gauge i would break his legs. You wanna sky bust on snows be my guest but seriously don't pull that bs on my canadas or ducks. might as well shoot them when they are roosting on the water. un ethical and completely un necessary from where i stand. I hate when I put in my time and money getting the right spot and gear just to have some fool sit 150 yds away and shoot at birds that are flying 80yds plus over them to get to me. Thats total bs and i would rather they just come over and ask to hunt with me, I would be more than happy to show them how to hunt.
Not saying you want it to sky bust like that but if you do don't let me catch you. :******:
Not saying you want it to sky bust like that but if you do don't let me catch you. :******:
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Spoken like a true die hard. :lol: 8)universitywaterfowler said:
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didn't mean to be an arss
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Just shoot back. :lol: lol My grandpa told me stories about how they would go shoot sea ducks with huge shotguns and punt guns in the 20s. He said his brother and him could shoot 50-60 birds in 1 shot consitantly. They were doing it for food and feathers. Back then when you rowed a boat in the atlantic during Nov. to shoot ducks you made every shot count, this is the niche that the 8 gauge, fourbore and punt gun filled nicely. Nowadays we are doing it for sport not sustanince(sp) so we are a lot more ethical and sporting. I enjoy shooting birds but I get off on fooling them into landing in the spread. My grandpa would roll in his grave if he knew how much money I had tied up into goose hunting. :roll:
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