8 ga
 

what do you fellows use to clean your 8 ga shotgun with 36 inch or more length of barrel.....i get by with string and oily rag and i have used the bore snake.....been hunting a bore brusg for 8 ga but no luck so far....charlie

I use 10 gauge brushes . Not the tightest but it’ll work also wrap patches around the brush . When I still had a 36” gun I bought a metal rod that’s about 40” .

I cut up a Frontier pad into what looks like wads. Load it into the hull in place of shot and shoot them through the gun.

A chimney sweep could work.

I bought a 8ga brass brush, oil mop and 8ga rod from England. I believe the maker is Bisley.

After I shot an 8ga it wouldn't matter Charlie. My shoulder wouldn't allow me to clean anything after that.

Most folks that I’ve let fire any of the ones I own or owned all said the same thing after firing them “this was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be” . The 1 1/2 ounce load i shoot at clay birds is calm in a 14-16 pound gun . My buckshot load however IS a bit stout .

Let me throw out an 8 ga. question. I have an 8 ga. W.C. Scott single from 1872. It is in mint condition and from it's looks is totally original. The dealers acquisition story would indicate it was unused for the last 100 or so years and was owned since new by a family in downtown Boston. I suspect it was purchased through Wm. Read who was the first US Scott dealer, starting the year the gun was built. I suspect a lot of the 8 gauges here are the Parker variety and a few other USA makes. I read a lot here while waiting on the gun, made a swager for industial cases, gathered some others and shortened some. After recieving the gun, I found that the chamber accepted a full length industrial shell with no swaging or resizing of the head. Cases were loaded with mild loads, shot and then reloaded with no sizing.

I am convinced the barrel was never altered. It occured to me that it might be possible that the European and US versions may have been different at that time. My other thought was that the industrial loads may have been based on an old European standard to separate it from the more modern US version.

I would like to know if anyone here has a Euro gun of that vintage and has ever tried an industrial shell (short or long) to see if it actually needs to be modified for them.

industrial 8 ga shell
 

art i have heard of other guns that the industrial shell fit the gun with no alterations to the shell....all my 8 ga guns need resized ammo....charlie