8g in G&D Auction

[Mike Koneski]

If anyone is looking to jump into shooting the 8g, the upcoming G&D Auction has a Lefever E grade with 33 3/4” Damascus bbls. Solid gun with the Lefever fully-compensating action. Large bore Lefevers are hard to find. Estimated to sell $2000-$3000 which is a steal for an 8g.

[Mike Franzen]

It will
Probably go over 10k

[Mike Koneski]

Needs some work. $10K is high for that gun. Not saying it won't fetch that much as some guys have more $$ than brains. :corn:

[Craig Larter]

It would be nice if whom ever buys it joins in on the fun shooting 8's at the various events. We are yet to have a Lefever shooter as I recall. The gun did not make it reserve at the September G&D auction. The 3 3/4" of drop would be challenging to deal with. I am amazed how few American 8ga SxS have come to market in the last couple of years.

[allen newell]

I can't imagine putting an 8 ga to my shoulder and shooting it. Would think it would bring more pain than enjoyment.

[Bill Murphy]

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

[Daryl Corona]

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.:cool: But they are fun.

[Mike Koneski]

I can't imagine putting an 8 ga to my shoulder and shooting it. Would think it would bring more pain than enjoyment.

They’re not bad at all. Figure a 12+ lb gun shooting a 1 1/2 oz load at 1200 FPS or less.

[CraigThompson]

True. You just need upper body strength to hold it there.:cool: 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 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. :rotf::corn:

[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 Koneski]

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]

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. :rotf::corn:

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

[Chuck Loveless]

Just registered and bid on the 8Ga. I don't want to get caught up in a bidding frenzy but would like to join the 8 Ga. ranks.

[Mike Koneski]

Just registered and bid on the 8Ga. I don't want to get caught up in a bidding frenzy but would like to join the 8 Ga. ranks.

Well??? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Jim DiSpagno]

On Proxibid the Greener 8 Bore sold for $1,400.00 the other 8s , the Purdue and the Lefever went for @$3750.00

[Jim DiSpagno]

The Lefever went for $2500.00

[Craig Larter]

$3000. total includes the BP. I hope the new owner shoots it at one of the 8ga events this year. All makers can be shot at the 8ga events, American or English, hammer or hammerless.

[Chuck Loveless]

Was on the road and forgot all about it. I put a bid in at $1500 with the intention of watching it go thru. That BP sure does add up!

[Keith Sirmans]

I was stuck at work. Blah

[Arthur Shaffer]

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;)
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.

[Craig Larter]

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[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!

[Arthur Shaffer]

I was drawn to the gun, I believe, because my Dad was a WW II veteren and owned an M1 carbine. I suspect this was the basic model for the gun, with much more power.

I remember the giant gorilla ad but had forgotten about it. The one I remember was about a guy taking the legendary orangutang from Southeast Asia. (I don't think they were very well known in those days; the ad led you to believe they were a rare animal.) I can still remember where I was when I read the ad in Outdoor Life; eating lunch on a summer jobsite where my dad was building a new chimney on a 2 story farmhouse. I was 14 or 15 at the time. I may remember it because while I was reading the magazine, the 70+ year old farmer had climbed the scaffold during our lunch break to see the work and managed to fall off. He was saved because he hit on the roof of his brand new (very large) Health Department approved outhouse, the first one built in our county. He simply hopped off the outhouse roof and went inside with no effect. Old farmers raised during the depression were tough.

Everyone has happenings in their life that you simply couldn't make up if you tried. This was one of mine.