Eight Gauge, but not a Parker

[Researcher]

The 10-gauge head on my bore gauge would rattle around in the bore of the local Lefever 8-gauge, but about 5 inches from the muzzle began to engage and measure the choke.

[charlie cleveland]

good for you bill....i have a friend who has a 10 ga. and a 12 ga davenport both with 40 inch barrels...i passed on a 10 ga back last year wish now i had it...boy that nice clean barrel is a really nice most of these old guns barrels were pitted pretty good...my 8 ga davenport has a rough but shootable bore its full choke and patterns well...i havealso a chamber mate to shoot 12 ga shells i also took and made me a 8 ga to 10 ga adapter works very well...now bill you need a 12 ga davenport and you will have a true trio...dont think they ever made a 16 ga but i could be wrong...charlie

[Phil Yearout]

Had to consult my friend google to see what a Davenport single barrel shotgun looks like . No fair!

[Researcher]

In that we will all grow old and die waiting for Murphy to post a photo of anything, here are The Goose Guns. from a W.H. Davenport catalog --

The Goose Guns pg 18.jpg

The Goose Guns pg 19.jpeg

[Milton C Starr]

I always thought the Davenport 8 gauges were a nice looking single barrel .
Actually there were a few nice single barrel guns made around that time period.

IIRC Hopkins & Allen bought Davenport and continued to make the goose guns for years afterwards .

Theres been this Hopkins and Allen 10 ga on GI for years now , you can definite see the Davenport appearance in it .
https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=101383424

I seen a guy on another forum buy a Davenport 8 ga that someone had sawed the barrel off down to about 18" , the seller was even as so kind to give him a box of industrial 8 ga ammo so he could go shooting .

Oh heres a nice picture of a Davenport 8 ga .

[charlie cleveland]

yep that looks just like my old 8 ga davenport...mine has 36 inch barrel full choke....i shot some 10 ga 3 1/2 inch shells in it with a adapter i made from gage mate...it pattered on paper real good it would take a turkey at 50 yards...i would not care if i had a nice 10 ga and 12 ga to go with the 8 ga...charlie