Well guys, I had a brain fart.... My D 8ga does not have 30" (not sure why I was thinking that when I posted) it has 34" fluid steel barrels (again one of one) sorry for the confusion

I've shot both ducks and geese on the wing with guns weighing 15 or 16 pounds. It's not really that tough, you just don't shoot real quick. Takes a minute to get the gun picked up and moving, once that's done it's just wing shooting like any other.

Destry

D,

I was hoping you would add to this. I remember some pics you shared with us of you in England or Scottland shooting a big 4 bore.

Did any of those boys share any stories of long shots taken with those big guns. ( I mean long shots)

They say the 4 bore guns will kill at 100 yards if they're loaded heavy and held right. I killed a mallard drake with one at pushing 80 yards, an old school long shore gunner was standing at my shoulder as a coach. Would like to go over there and do it one more time, particularly flighting the pinkfoot geese with a big bore.


Destry

Thats out there.

To bad the 8's and above are outlawed here.

I am interested to know the boring, internal design, and choking of these big bores relative to the "long range 12's" and 10's.

Is it all relative and the same or does it all change as we increase bore diameter?

Becker might have known.

john one things for sure..the big bores handle large shot better what i mean is they pattern large shot such as 2s bbs and bigger better than the small bores...if i can find it onefellow does much hunting and patterningf with the 4 and 8 ga.... gives a lot of detail info but dont think he gives anyinfo on the cokes of the big guns...ive done a lot of patterning and pentration tests myself with these guns....they are capable of some really long range shots.... charlie