i too am curios about the price of their 8 ga shells....i think they will do well with the 8 ga shells especially if they can sell to the other side of the big pond.....charlie

Thats a no go Charlie I already asked them if they planned to sale any to the U.K considering how many people still use it there for wildfowling . And the only people still making 8 gauges is Westley Richards seems like it would be a good place to sell . They said they dont export ammo and have no plans to sell there .

I think I added up it would cost 56$ to load a box of 25 using new hulls .
But if you add in the addition time it takes to resize the 8 ga hulls that would probably add some to the loading cost . I think 3$ a round is not out of the ballpark probably what 12 ga and 10 ga 3.5" turkey loads cost but I havnt looked in a long time . I think it will be cool just the fact of seeing cartridge boxes marked 8 gauge being made again . Last time I know of any 8 gauge ammo being produced was that run gamebore I think it was they did for 6000 cartridges .

Parker hammer guns don't have a 'half cock' position in the locks. The majority of hammer guns we see pictures of are guns with rebounding locks. This feature keeps the hammers off of the plungers, or firing pins - but the hammers can be pushed forward pretty easily, overcoming the rebound spring tension.





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The first hammer guns do have half cock locks. These are the guns made before the Stokes patent rebounding locks. They are only found in the first couple thousand serial numbers.

I have owned one.

I meant as far as W.&C. Scotts goes , I have seen pictures where the hammers are resting on the plungers and you can really get a idea of just how tall those tall hammers are . Like that 10 ga Ospreyarms is selling the hammers are resting on the plungers .

Oh yeah, I forgot - this is a W&C Scott thread...... Nevermind :banghead::whistle::eek::rotf:





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I just noticed there are two different plunger styles on these hammer guns one has what looks like a nipple on it like the 10 ga Osprey is selling and the one im looking at as what I suppose would be the rebounding style ones . Even with the hammers not touching the plungers they are still pretty tall for the gun im looking at its in the earl 30k serial # range

Haha I dont mind Im always eager to learn things about any sxs gun maker

Is this the C hammer or low hammer model ?

The plunger styles to not indicate the lock type on Parkers.