big bores

[Allen Peterson]

cleaning up the duck battery 8 bore 34 in barrels Ithaca mag10, Super 10, flues10, Fox Wildfowl,1901 win and win m21 duck

https://i.postimg.cc/q7w3QB0S/dguns.jpg

[charlie cleveland]

that is some bunch of duck guns....and really nice ones.....charlie

[jefferyconnor]

Nice guns! What is the first gun on the left?

[Allen Peterson]

Nice guns! What is the first gun on the left?
that is my 8 bore Enos James hammergun. 34 inch barrels and weighs 13.5 lbs.
Not sure why its got two barrels its hard to see for a follow up shot what with the smoke from a black powder round firing nearly 2 oz of shot.

[jefferyconnor]

I'd be interested to see a post about the James gun with some pictures, it sounds awesome!
I like all of your guns, I didn't buy a mint 1901 at an East Wenatchee WA gun show in 1990 because I couldn't get shells for it or so I thought back then.

[Bill Murphy]

Great flock of ducks there.

[Matt Buckley]

I'd have to hire a man servant to haul that 8 gauge out to the duck blind for me. That would be a blast to shoot with 2 1/4oz of bismuth and 6 drams of powder.

[Allen Peterson]

I'd have to hire a man servant to haul that 8 gauge out to the duck blind for me. That would be a blast to shoot with 2 1/4oz of bismuth and 6 drams of powder. I wish that there was a regulation allowing antiques for duck hunting. If there is a limit of 4 ducks what dose it matter if you take them with a 4 GA or a.410?

[John Dallas]

I'm guessing there could be two reasons:

Big bores could encourage sky busting

Before the introduction of Steel shot, the larger payload of a big gun would increase the lead deposition in the marsh

[Bill Murphy]

Cleaning up?

[Allen Peterson]

Duck season ended giving the duck guns a good cleaning before storing them. havent shot the 8 in a while and gave it a wipedown since i had the stuff out