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10-08-2022, 11:03 AM | #3 | ||||||
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Did you resize the yellow shell? The reason I ask is thatI spent a lot of time coming up with a resizer when I bought an 8 gauge, loaded a couple aand found that my gun (1872 Scott and bone stock and untouched) was chambered for the dimensions of the industrial shell to start with. I suspect they were not standardized at the time. I wonder if anyone else has come across this in comparing US vs British guns.
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10-08-2022, 12:17 PM | #4 | |||||||
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My chambers match CIP dimensions listed for the 8 gauge from what I can tell. I've read some 8 gauges will chamber the industrial shells without sizing. If I had a nicer 8 gauge I really loved I would probably just order brass shells since the availability is unreliable with industrial hulls. |
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Yes the yellow shell I resized easy enough.
Only shell that ever surprised me was the short brass AA looking 8 gauge industrial loads. I didn't think it would work with them but they resized extremely easy. |
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10-08-2022, 12:42 PM | #6 | ||||||
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A pocket full of those would be great fun at a dove hunt!
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10-08-2022, 02:21 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I’ve gotten rude looks at a December dove shoot for bringing a 10 gauge , I can just imagine what they’d say about an 8 . Of course it’s illegal as heck , not that it would bother me in the least .
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10-08-2022, 03:52 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I opened dove season South Zone with a 30" 10 ga. damascus . My guys howled! Rude comments about "buffalo guns", cannons, etc. They weren't laughing watching me drop several on the OTHER SIDE of the pond we were hunting or a couple of high flyers the girly-men with the 28's passed on! A short 10 is a great choice for a dove hunt. I think I'll stick to my light weight 16s and 20s for quail though!
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10-08-2022, 06:35 PM | #9 | |||||||
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A short 10 might not be too bad on quail considering it's alot more open down here since we lost alot of pines. You carry the 8s enough a 9lb 3 frame feels like a 16 gauge in comparison so close enough I say haha. |
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10-08-2022, 06:37 PM | #10 | ||||||
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