Shotshell Pressure Question?

[TARNATION !!!]

Originally Posted by Mark Ouellette

Drew,

I have a Parker GH Damascus 10 GA that is proofed to 3 & 1/2 tons or 10,500 PSI. Mark

I recently acquired a GHE in 12GA from a gentleman who grew tired of some of his hunting buddies concerns over his use of a damascus barreled gun. He sent it to Birmingham for proofing and a clean up of the damascus. (Came back brown, not black) BNP 3 1/4 Ton. His buddies got over their concerns. He shot many migratory and upland birds with that gun. Unfortunately, health no longer lets him enjoy the hunt and thus the passing on of some of his guns. I intend to use that GHE for opening day pheasants and hope to post some pictures of a successful day (that might mean some nice scenery shots and a sunset but a rooster or two with the GHE would be a bonus)

Tomorrow, my wife, the dogs and I drive to Montana to pick up the plain twist under lever. While roosters don't open here until October 1, I will force myself to take a hike on our return trip looking for huns and sharptails with the .410 (not a Parker). I want to have a good look at the lifter before pressing into service.

Cheers,
Jack

[Bruce Day]

Drew, I've seen those two fellows pronouncements about all matters of gun things before, and their lack of documentation and absence of any proofs beyond third party hearsay and indefinite anecdotes. That's why Sherman Bell and his Finding Out For Myself series in the DGJ is a breath of fresh air in the gun expert game.

[Drew Hause]

"...the gun expert game"

I do believe Bro. Bruce has identified the problem

[Bruce Day]

Sherman punctured the balloon and let all the hot air escape.

[Mike Stahle]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Sherman punctured the balloon and let all the hot air escape.

Good one

[Bill Murphy]

My Damascus Greener is Nitro Proofed for 2 1/2 ounces of shot in 3 3/4" cases. I guess I had better hang her on the wall.

[Roundsworth]

I have subscribed to the DGJ for a few years. Mr. Bell's articles were the icing on the cake for me. My first Damascus gun is a 114 year old LeFever 'G' Grade 12 gauge. I satisfied my curiosity with books, the DGJ, LeFever website, and this website before I bought the gun, and had no problem pulling the triggers for the first time. It was a hoot, actually! I quit frequenting 'Shotgun World' for many reasons.

[ED J, MORGAN]

The 2010 raffle gun has nitro proofs.

[ch]

Bruce, 1st what's an SL. When you tossed the shell in the fire was the expected result your pappy found out and had a talkin with you ch



Jack, I used to take a lot of pictures years back slr under stood it film speed f stop yahda yahda, then they made them into computers I kept shooting the slr (I don't need 1 of thoes goofy cameras) well here I am I want to put pictures on here so I go to wally world to get me one or use my daugthers what are the guidelines to get a good picture the pixles or what ever. Thanks ch

[Bill Bates]

Originally Posted by calvin humburg

Bruce,

Jack, I used to take a lot of pictures years back slr under stood it film speed f stop yahda yahda, then they made them into computers I kept shooting the slr (I don't need 1 of thoes goofy cameras) well here I am I want to put pictures on here so I go to wally world to get me one or use my daugthers what are the guidelines to get a good picture the pixles or what ever. Thanks ch

this is a bit of a wander from the OT.

The rules haven't changed when it comes to photography iso (film speed and grain), f/stop, shutter speed and such, it is still the same. If you have a good film SLR with decent lenses you may want to see if there is a digital body that will use them. Don't get to hung up on mega pixels when it comes to posting pics on the web. There isn't a current digital camera that doesn't have way more than needed when it comes to pixels. If you want to make wall size prints maybe more pixels matter and maybe not. Once we passed 3 mega pixels it just became a number for the marketing boys. The quality of pixels maybe another thing but that is a discussion for a good digital camera techno geek forum like DPReview.

Go with a digital SLR with a few decent lenses. Point and shot digitals most older film photgraphers find slow and frustrating.