Finally did it, joined the 8 gauge club
 

After years of wanting a 8 gauge double I finally got one today , I have to give thanks to Charlie Cleveland for letting me know about it . I picked it up from Wayne Goerres and Wayne has to be one of the coolest guys to talk about old guns with in person . Its a old Belgian underlever 36" barrels and 14 1/2lbs . It feels to be in general around the size of my #6 frame .

Wayne hooked me up with some reloading supplies as well and a resizing die for the hulls which I greatly appreciate .

She may not win any beauty contest but I still like it.

Its a real beauty congratulations!! It will put a smile on your face every time you pull the trigger----enjoy!!

Craig I took the 6 frame with me for Wayne to see . I figured he would enjoying seeing it in person . He showed me a #3 frame and at first I figured maybe it was a 12 or 16 gauge. After being being used to the 6 frame everything else feels like a upland gun . That #3 frame was still a beauty though .

Im going to take the 8 gauge to the range Tuesday and let it roar .
If it wasnt for work being so busy right now I would try to go after a turkey with it .

milt you are going to enjoy that new 8 gauge...wayne is a great guy to talk about old guns..i m glad you got the 8 gauge...charlie

Good job!

I think I will Charlie its alot of excitement to get something you have wanted for a long time . Waynes collection was cool to see in person .

He also gave me his Tom Armbrust book on 4 and 8 bore reloading , the pictures in that book alone are great . Plus now I have about 200 hulls and another 100 on the way so I should be good on those for awhile haha .

Yes, that is a good book. I have wound up with two copies

Really all I need now i think is a powder scale a press for the sizing die and some shot . I might also buy another 10 gauge soon . My visit with Wayne may turn out to be expensive lol . Mills theres some beautiful country side over that way alot of rolling hills and grass land . My part of the state is pretty flat .

Took the 8 gauge to the range today on my lunch hour .
Shot some 1 3/4 oz loads of #4 Wayne had . Recoil was very mild more of a slow push and a deep boom .

I tried rotating the pictures correctly but it doesn't seem to work on my phone .

Left side of the board was at 32 steps you can see where the wad hit . The right side was 54 steps , the gun is cylinder/cylinder . I think it would work on squirrels i usually shoot them at about 20-30ft .

look s pretty good to me with big shot like bb s or no 2s it should get a coyote pretty easy out to 45 yards....that left barrel would dispatch a turkey out to 50 steps easy...have fun...charlie

I see nickel plated lead shot is in stock Wouldnt mind trying some #5s and some #2s .

I have a similar one. I didn't check to see if it would double when fired. Big mistake! We were shooting feral pigeons and I cocked both hammers. To this day I can't tell you if I hit the bird I was shooting at. What a rude awakening.

I heartily recommend that you check yours to see if it will double.

Enjoy your 8 bore.

I havnt had it happen yet , but it does have some really heavy trigger pull probably the heaviest I have felt on a sxs . I was comparing the hammers and trigger pull on the muzzleloading sxs 10 gauge I have . I noticed the half cock on it will still bring the hammers down on the nipple with alot of force . I dont shoot the muzzleloader however , I had plans to have some work done to it but never did .

Im thinking of loading the 8 gauge up with some larger shot for coyotes .

bb s and no 2 shot will get a coyote at 50 yards every time with a good open shot at the target...I ve used no 4 on coyotes at 35 yards it will drop them in there tracks...so you should be good with the big shot....charlie