W&C Scott 8 Gauge

[charlie cleveland]

art it sounds like you have got a really good deer or bear gun...I have killed deer with the ball loads and deer with buckshot in the 8 ga...your gun seems to be more accurate than my gun...mines only good for 30 yards with slugs and buckshot only about 25 yards....hope someday to get the round balls shooting better....charlie

[ArtS]

I think my gun benefits with the ball from being a cylinder bore, allowing a round ball very close to the bore size. I want to test the bore riding slugs I picked up for the 16 ga combo gun in my other thread. I think they may do well too. If not, I will find a a near bore size ball. As I said, I have several 10's that are cylinder or close to it and they all were built before 1875. The 8 gauge Scott was built in 1872.