View Single Post
Unread 02-09-2010, 04:45 PM   #15
Member
MarketHunter
Forum Associate
 
Destry L. Hoffard's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 5,297
Thanks: 646
Thanked 4,413 Times in 1,234 Posts

Default

In those days, factory loaded 8 gauge shells had 1 3/4 ounces of shot in them. You can buy more than that in a 12 gauge shell today. Buckingham wrote about this 60+ years ago but they're still banned. Hell you can buy 12 gauge shells with more shot in them than any vintage factory loaded 4 gauge shell I've ever seen.

DLH
__________________
I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
Destry L. Hoffard is offline   Reply With Quote