My DH 30" eight weighs just ten pounds. It is the only 30" hammerless eight in the existing Parker records, and probably the lightest. It was owned by Parker Brothers pro and ammo promoter T.H.Keller. It doesn't kick. The skeleton butt is very soft.

I, too, had a BPS 10 up until I sent 2 rounds off the port side of a canoe at a passing goose and my hunting partner informed that he wouldn't hunt with me again unless I got rid of it! Took a lot of geese with that beast.

My BPS 10 was my go to waterfowl gun in the 90's and early 2000's. I also took a lot of geese with it. I do remember somewhere around 15 shots I was reaching the limit of how much punishment I wanted to take that day. About 8 years ago I sold it to a friend and bought a Remington SP-10. The BPS was better in every way, except for recoil. For those who can take it's punch it's one of the best waterfowl guns going IMO. I don't see a need to punish myself with heavy loadings in the Mortimore. I am thinking a 3.5" 1 3/8 ounce load of bismuth with a little more velocity than my 2 7/8" loadings will be just fine.

Was it Dana in the canoe with you?

kind of like hunt next to a guy with a cutts compensater. on the gun :whistle:

No, but Dana was with me on a few goose hunts in NH and upstate NY where the BPS ruled the hedgerow...and I have a ton of Dana hunting stories! I think one of the best goose hunts together we never shot a goose- instead we got 1 merganzer, 3 pigeons and a nice coyote. So much fun that day!
The canoe incident was with our mutual friend Corey.

Sorry, I didn't think you still had enough hearing left to notice the difference. :D

Dana is a great guy, I think he was interested in the Mortimore but the timing of buying it wasn't right for him. It will be KTP's loss when he retires.

That is a fact. If KTP was smart they'd offer him a raise and a bonus each year just to keep him.

Yesterday was my first chance to try the Mortimer magnum 10 on game. It was rather slow day and I only had a few chances to fire it. I used a handload of 1 1/2 ounce of bismuth 2 pushed by 32 gr of Longshot. The goose was a tall shot and while dressing it I found the pellets had fully penetrated the breasts. As some of you know perceived recoil is different when game is in the sights instead of patterning paper. I am upping my loads for the next hunt to 1 5/8 pushed along by 34 gr of Longshot because recoil when firing at geese yesterday was not bad at all.

I dunno why but my intrest anymore is mainly 10 gauge and 8 gauge even though my shoulder is telling me enough is enough :whistle::rotf::rotf: