Charlie,
Glad u got a deer! My youngen got his 1st deer this year doe. Your buckshot kill has this whole new idea rolling around in my spacious head, wonder if you could shoot black and buck out of a 129 year old twist barrel? AND what would the load b. Did 1 ger her in the lungs, head. share the glory details. ch

What kind of load do you put together? How many and what size? RMC brass?

Good Work! Not many guys can say they've shot any live game with an 8 gauge Parker and that's for sure.

DLH

nice ! this should be the best tasting deer ever :) scott

I bean thinking an once and 1/8 of shot is just that no matter what size. ch

deer taken care of in the ice water soaking.been cold here for miss. but today warmed up seen a few mosquitoes out. thanksfellas for all the incouragement i got on this hunt.was a dream come true i had been wanting to kill a deer with the 8 ga parker for a while. i know i stated i would post pictures i dont know what i did wrong but no pictures.maybe i can get my daughter to post them in a coupla days. there was 8 pellets in deer. 3 of them were in heart and lung area. 4 of them in thestomack area. 1 in the back leg. the gun has 26 inch barrels that are stub twist with no choke.the shell used was loaded by tom armbrust. it was a 3 1/4 in winchester hull. powder used i do not know. 24 00 buck in shell withspecial wad. also had buffer in the load with buckshot. shell was roll crimped.this load patterns very well with a gun with choke in it. you 10 ga boys get your guns out and load you up some oo buck or even some 000 buck and get after them deer . bound to be some more 8 ga fellas out there too get them closet queens out and put them to work. ha. calvin your old twist or damascus barrel gun will do ok with the buckshot loads 1 1/4of weight in arond 8 pound guns in heavyier guns the loads could be increased.. thanks fellas again your all a bunch of swell guys. boy if i only had one of those 40 in barrelsparker s with 4 inch chambers. charlie

Charlie,

Email me the pics and I'll post them for you no problem.


Destry

I've always wanted an 8 gauge, but two things have stopped me. One is money and the other is that in Kentucky the only thing you can legally take with an 8 gauge is a clay pigeon.

Harry

harry i always wanted and old 8 guage from my youth up i read the stories and listened to tells of the mighty 8. finall a fellow by the name market hunter let me have his old 8 guage loomis. i am also a man of limited funds. was onlyby market hunters good grace was i able to afford this gun. be pantient a 8 ga could come your way. they are a hoot to shoot. charlie

well ive about figgured out how to post pictures with help of my daghter.maybe tommorrow nite she will help me post them. destrey if i not able to post them i will send them to you ... almost let the hammer down this evening on a fat young doe. ha charlie