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charlie cleveland
12-03-2020, 12:24 PM
I was looking in the 4 and 8 gauge section in guns international and there was this 8 gauge hammer shotgun...it s frame size is clearly marked 7 on it..i thought all frame size 7 were made on the lifter actions...this proves me wrong......this gun is in the s column what do ya ll think about this.....charlie
CraigThompson
12-03-2020, 01:06 PM
My only 8 gauge is a top lever 7 frame .
Wayne Owens
12-03-2020, 02:18 PM
Here are a few photos of a 7 frame top lever 8 gauge. I believe that only the hammerless 8 gauges were limited to the 6 frame max size.
CraigThompson
12-04-2020, 12:21 AM
Did they make a six frame top lever 8 gauge ? If I’m not mistaken there are a couple six frame top lever hammers in 10 gauge floating around .
Bill Murphy
12-04-2020, 10:39 AM
Charlie, the #7 frame is the most common top lever, hammer eight gauge.
charlie cleveland
12-04-2020, 01:43 PM
thanks fellas for setting me straight....theres nothing better to me than talking about 8 ga guns....now a 6 frame ten is close....charlie
Milton C Starr
12-04-2020, 02:36 PM
thanks fellas for setting me straight....theres nothing better to me than talking about 8 ga guns....now a 6 frame ten is close....charlie
Charlie I still havnt gotten around to shooting mine yet . Ive been tinkering with rifles and such , I jump around alot with my interests in guns haha .
charlie cleveland
12-04-2020, 05:09 PM
milt you gota shoot some ducks with that big gun season is in right now...it should get them way out there...they tell me even light loads of tungsten beats the old lead loads...I seen my dad he was using a Spanish 10 ga using 3 1/2 inch bb shot take a pair of woodys at least 85 yards....it looked like you had shot them with a 22.....only about 3 shot in each duck boy them bb shot are bad medicine on anything....I used bb shot on turkey till it was not legal..only no 2 shot and smaller is allowed now...anyway were glad your doing ok....charlie
Milton C Starr
12-04-2020, 05:23 PM
milt you gota shoot some ducks with that big gun season is in right now...it should get them way out there...they tell me even light loads of tungsten beats the old lead loads...I seen my dad he was using a Spanish 10 ga using 3 1/2 inch bb shot take a pair of woodys at least 85 yards....it looked like you had shot them with a 22.....only about 3 shot in each duck boy them bb shot are bad medicine on anything....I used bb shot on turkey till it was not legal..only no 2 shot and smaller is allowed now...anyway were glad your doing ok....charlie
I had planned to buy a couple cases of ammo from RST but ended up buying quite a bit of rifle ammo . Really I need some buckshot loads , the coyotes and bobcats seem to be pretty rampant where we hunt . We found what looked to be tracks from a couple coyotes following the cattle . One print was about 3" in diameter which seems on the large size .
Bill Murphy
12-04-2020, 06:24 PM
Craig, six frame ten and eight gauge guns that I have seen are top lever hammerless guns. The tens are pretty scarce. I've never seen a #6 frame hammer gun in either ten or eight gauge. Have you? What do we know about #5 frames?
Milton C Starr
12-04-2020, 11:27 PM
Craig, six frame ten and eight gauge guns that I have seen are top lever hammerless guns. The tens are pretty scarce. I've never seen a #6 frame hammer gun in either ten or eight gauge. Have you? What do we know about #5 frames?
I think Craig Larter has a 6 frame 10 gauge hammer gun , I think it was a D grade with 36" barrels .
Pugs had a #6 frame lifter 8 gauge serial # 20845 or at least thats what it was listed as .
Bill Zachow
12-12-2020, 03:11 PM
Bill, the last 8 gauge hammer top lever gun I sold was a 6 frame.
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