8g in G&D Auction

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Not true. A 1 3/8 ounce load at 1150 fps in a 12 pound gun makes for very little recoil.

True. You just need upper body strength to hold it there. But they are fun.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

True. You just need upper body strength to hold it there. But they are fun.

I was fondling a British 8 gauge a couple weeks ago at the shop and I noticed my muscles shaking a bit while holding it up mounted . And I think that gun was only 13 or 14 pounds .

[Mike of the Mountain]

There is a Greener 8g that should go for $500 that looks like a good entry gun to 8g shooting. A few other 8 and 4 bore there but I don't want another and I don't do Eurotrash.

[Bill Murphy]

Holding the gun up is worse than recoil. That's why I shoot a ten pound eight gauge. It weighs less than my Krieghoff skeet gun.

[Bill Murphy]

Mike, the bargain basement Greener you mention is not a real W.W.Greener. To enter the eight gauge shooting game, you may have to pay a bit more. However, there are good eights out there for reasonable prices.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Mike, the bargain basement Greener you mention is not a real W.W.Greener. To enter the eight gauge shooting game, you may have to pay a bit more. However, there are good eights out there for reasonable prices.

Still an 8g and that gun couldn’t be any more bargain basement.

[Keith Sirmans]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

There is a Greener 8g that should go for $500 that looks like a good entry gun to 8g shooting. A few other 8 and 4 bore there but I don't want another and I don't do Eurotrash.

I'll definitely be watching that and probably watch that and the ruger 44 carbine fly past the suggested selling price. Those two are under

[ArtS]

Originally Posted by Keith Sirmans

I'll definitely be watching that and probably watch that and the ruger 44 carbine fly past the suggested selling price. Those two are under

I bought the Ruger. I have wanted one since I was a kid and the first ones came out. I have been holding out for one of the Sporter style carbines but they are really pricey. I prebid on the .44 and got it for a lot less than my prebid. Over the last 18 months, they have increased to the point you can't touch a reasonably clean straight one for less than 4 figures and often much more.

Those guns and the S2 and S3 Berettas are the guns that over the last two years are really going up. As has the 28 gauge Ruger Red Label.

I thought there were an amazing number of great buys on 8 gauges. I have a single and a double and I think a lot of people are overlooking the singles as an entry level. About the only legal field use in the US is for turkey and deer in some states and a single is fine for those uses.

[Keith Sirmans]

Fantastic! The local deer are going to hate you with that thing. If ya don't like it send it my way

Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer

I bought the Ruger. I have wanted one since I was a kid and the first ones came out. I have been holding out for one of the Sporter style carbines but they are really pricey. I prebid on the .44 and got it for a lot less than my prebid. Over the last 18 months, they have increased to the point you can't touch a reasonably clean straight one for less than 4 figures and often much more.

Those guns and the S2 and S3 Berettas are the guns that over the last two years are really going up. As has the 28 gauge Ruger Red Label.

I thought there were an amazing number of great buys on 8 gauges. I have a single and a double and I think a lot of people are overlooking the singles as an entry level. About the only legal field use in the US is for turkey and deer in some states and a single is fine for those uses.

[Kevin McCormack]

[QUOTE=Arthur Shaffer;445074]I bought the Ruger. I have wanted one since I was a kid and the first ones came out. I have been holding out for one of the Sporter style carbines but they are really pricey. I prebid on the .44 and got it for a lot less than my prebid. Over the last 18 months, they have increased to the point you can't touch a reasonably clean straight one for less than 4 figures and often much more.

Awesome! Remember the original Ruger ad for the .44 carbine showing the unknown PH and his native scouts posed beside the huge African upland gorilla? The verbage in the telegram they used was right out of Hairbreadth Harry dialog - something like "furious charge" and "point-blank range.? Just think about what that product presentation would effect today - you'd have Alan Alda going into a sweat lodge for the weekend and Cheryl Tiegs booking an extended session with her PITA Sensei! Congratulations Arther! I always wanted one too, but opted for its grandson .22 cal carbine. Nothing like them!