I was thinking more about a light buckshot load and a deer at about 35 yards or less !

Yeah I know it isn't "legal" to use an 8 gauge for ANYTHING in the state of Virginia except clays . But you can bet your backside if I ever get one thats shootable It'll eventually kill a deer in the Old Dominion !

Bill, I believe Jeff said something about another being a G Grade and the same fellow owned them. If I remember correctly, they were sent back to the factory and made into 4" chambers. Could be wrong as I can't remember 30 minutes latter how I set a SC's course.

You are right, the second gun was a Grade 2 as I recall. The rebore to 4" was very soon after the date of the order. I don't know if the gun actually got shipped before being bored to 4". Whatever, the gun is a horse. I recall the original order calling for 14 and 15 pounds. That's about as big as they got in my experience. 10 1/2 pounds is about as light as they got. I own Peters Cartridge Company exec Tom Keller's Grade 3 which is about the lightest known Parker eight at just over ten pounds and the only hammerless 30" eight in the existing Parker stock books. It weighs about the same, to the ounce, as my tubed skeet gun. I haven't seen the orders for any of the 40" eights, so really don't know the specified weights of those guns.

Thanks again Jeff...
 

...for letting myself and the crew shoot your big gun. It was a wonderful experience!!

Kurt