id like to see a 8ga reproduction

[Milton Starr]

Ok maybe im the only one or maybe not. But id love to see them make a reproduction parker in 8 gauge. To me you cant be 32"barrels and a prince of whales stock on a sxs big bore. Honestly im tired of all these new tactical benelli or similar 12 ga 3.5 magnum. I prefer classical to tactical. Westley Richards is the only company i know who still produces a 8ga sxs albeit 80,000$ . Fine looking guns i digress. I just hate the market is or done has moved to where it is today. Its all about the fastest and lightest. To mea You cant beat the nostalgia of yesterdays shotgun or rolled crimped shells. Id like to see these big guns brought back. With the rising cost of hevishot or similar the only way to get that type of performance from lead is with a 2-3 oz 8 gauge.

[charlie cleveland]

no milton your not the only one that would like to see a reproduction parker 8 ga...if they start making them i want to put in a order for a d grade with 40 inch barrels and 4 inch chambers weigh in the 15 lb bracket...it should handle a 3 to 3 1/2 ounces nicely.... charlie

[Bill Murphy]

As our ages and capabilities combine to limit our "pleasure", my wishes for Repros would be limited to big bores that I could handle. How about a seven and a half pound ten on a 1 1/2 frame or an eight gauge on a 6 frame, both with fairly light 30" barrels, even shorter in the ten. I own the only known 30 inch eight gauge hammerless gun made by Parker Brothers, and it is a ten pound lightweight wonder gun that handles like a twelve gauge. I would love to see someone make a reproduction of that gun.

[charlie cleveland]

bill your killin me with all these ideas...bill youve got the one and only 8 ga quail gun i ever heard of...tell us a little more about this lite weight 8 ga... grade barrel chokes hammer hammereless... charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie, it's a DH #6 frame 30" Damascus gun with skeleton butt, just over ten pounds. It was made for the famous T.H. Keller, the Peters Cartridge Company executive. Keller was a more than flambouyant waterfowler who was known for controlling and owning a giant launch that hosted magnificent waterfowl gunning parties, using hundreds of decoys. He was a respected competition shooter, but that was not related to his ownership of the big gun. The gun apparently passed through other hands in its lifetime, being used heavily, but remains the most "shootable" eight in my collection, because of its light weight. It appears to be the only 30" hammerless eight in the Parker Brothers records. Thanks so much for asking about her.

[charlie cleveland]

thanks bill for the info...keep the little 8 oiled up good...we mite want to go quail hunting some day....... charlie

[Milton Starr]

To me though a modern made great "8" should have industrial chambers to make reloading easier and more cost effective.

Cheapest price i got on a bespoke sxs 8 gauge was 19,500$ for a field grade from ferlach i think it was.
Long as were dreaming bring on a ithaca flues hammerless 8 ga.

Side question are hammer gunns lighter? That parker 8ga from pugs with the varnish on it is 12lbs.
They look to have less wood around the hammers than a hammerless

[charlie cleveland]

milt there are some 8 ga s for sale on PANTILE S GUNS...ITS A BRITH SITE BUT I LOVE TO LOOK AND DREAM...about a year ago they had a 8 ga american made single barrel steel barrel with 4 inch chamber...the thing was as new it was priced at about 1800 hundred in our dollars...would have been a good buy in my book but somebody bought it...but there are still some old cheaper 6 ga s out there like the ones i own...mine are not collector pieces just barly shootable but heh i aint got to much in them...went hunting this morning with the old 8 ga loomis loaded up some 2 1/2 ounce no 2s but did not see nothing but if i had i was ready for him...hope you find that elucive 8 bore.... charlie

[Milton Starr]

MR.Charlie all these fine sxs got me wanting to buy lottery tickets haha. Oh it might be irrelevant but there is a 5 gauge set of brand new made purdey shotguns with one being
a 10ga on gunsinternational. 560,000$ . I know unrealistic but nice to look at.

[MarketHunter]

Any of the big British gunmakers will run you off an 8 gauge but they're going to be expensive. If somebody did do a Parker reproduction 8 gauge the production run would be so tiny they'd be priced in a similar fashion. Who would actually lay out the money for something like that? Anybody who had the money would probably be better off ordering one from Purdey.

DLH