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02-28-2016, 01:52 PM | #3 | ||||||
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The DH 8 flanked by normal sized Parkers.
A PGCA member trying out the 8 for size!
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02-28-2016, 02:19 PM | #4 | ||||||
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PS: I buy components from Precision Reloading
One can buy one fired hulls that were shot in a kiln gun. I do not know chamber specifications for an industrial kiln gun. I would not be surprised that if someone is having problems with wad fit in a once fired hull, that the subject hull(s) was shot in a kiln gun. Those shells are loaded at higher pressure than those made for our old 8 gauge shotguns. Maybe the plastic is compressed by the extra pressure, and oversized by firing in a larger (by a few thousands of an inch) chamber.
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02-28-2016, 03:55 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Tom Armbrust is quite happy to share information. I have called him with questions and he always has time to answer, and then some. His book is on my list, also.
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02-28-2016, 04:02 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Here's a link to Tom Armbrust's book listed above:
http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/tom-a...-15713269.html Their price is $43 in print but $5.99 in ebook version.
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02-28-2016, 04:19 PM | #8 | ||||||
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First day with my new to meet and restored DH 8 in my hands. Brad, Jeff Kuss, and I were at a tower pheasant shoot north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. After a half dozen or so birds had been released, a pheasant finally flew toward my peg. Now, at these shoot were some of those gas gun shooters. You know the type like we all were in younger days. A guy has to shoot quick or the slam-o-matics will shoot and shoot and shoot hoping to "kill" something.
So, I swung the DH weighing over 15 pounds when loaded with a pair of 2 & 3/4 oz shells with #4 nickle plated shot. The old rooster flew directly overhead and as soon as my bead covered the bird as I swung through I slapped the trigger. Whoom! I thought what the heck am I doing with a cannon shooting pheasants! Then I realized that the recoil was more than a 15 pound gun should have produced. I open the action to discover that the ol' gal had doubled. Yup, 5 and a half ounces of shot at over 1100 fps pushing seemingly as fast against me! "Hey Brad, what the heck is going on?" A quick pow-wow with my gunsmith revealed the probable cause. Most shotguns will never be fired straight up. Think about it... The extra weight of the #6 frame hammers being suspended in space by inertia caused the second barrel's hammer to disengage momentarily from the sear. In theory all doubles' hammers do this which is why the rear trigger is often a quarter pound heavier than the front. My "Paris Gun" was going home with Brad after the day's shoot to make her Marine Proof! What about the pheasant that I hit with 5 and a half ounces of shot? What pheasant? An 8 gauge is a lot of fun!
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02-28-2016, 05:31 PM | #9 | ||||||
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big ten that is some nice equipment you have theresure beats my old ten ga hand loader this is what i use...for resizeing the hulls i use one that wayne gorez gave me thesketches and measurements to build.you can press down and on the next stroke push it out...yes the once fired hulls do give problems especially the black hullell remingtons..when they are shot in kiln guns for some reason the last 1 inch of the shell is burned and the case mouth shrinks makeing it almost impossible to load with a plastic wad or a paper wad..but by slitting the mouth about 1/4 inch down across the hull mouth you can load it...i buy new hulls at times when i can get them but lots of times i m lucky to just get once fired hulls... i toohave bought from precision but my old computer is so old it want bring them up...balistic reloading has wads both plastic and paper but no hulls have they had in a long time.. wishmy old fa loomis looked as good as yours it has 36 inch barrels 4 inch chambers and also weighs 15 lbs loaded... thanks for showing us this nice loaders and equipment...your loads look like factory to me...i too recommend tom arbrusts book ihave about wore mine out looking at it..have killed deer with the 8 ga parker lifter gun a doe with a load tom arbrust loaded me up with buckshot and with the pumpkin ball load i made myself...tell you what a nice fellow tom armbrust is i asked for about 4 boxes of shells well he sent them to me and lots of info on the 8 ga. i had not sent him any money yet yet he sent the shells real quick....i paid him after the shells were sent....he also said i was the first person to ever ask him to load up buckshot in the 8 ga...thanks for everything charlie...
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02-29-2016, 08:21 AM | #10 | ||||||
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What does CH4D charge for the 3 die set ?
Also whats the bill for a converted 600JR if you don't mind saying ? I wonder if they could convert a MEC 650 to 8 gauge ? |
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