Barrel measurements of my "8ga"

[charlie cleveland]

those are some heavy barrels for any gauge gun....one fellow on this forum has a 10 ga that the barrels weigh over 10 lbs make that 2 fellows with 10 lb barrels...it is a 10 ga too...my heaviest barrells are 8 lb 6 ounces it is a 8 ga....i do have a 10 ga with 30 inch not cut barrells that weigh 7 lbs 12 ounces heavy for 30 inch barrells...i seen a 10 ga on gunbroker one time that had 30 inch barrels and the barrels weighed over 8 lbs always wished i had bought that gun...charlie

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

those are some heavy barrels for any gauge gun....one fellow on this forum has a 10 ga that the barrels weigh over 10 lbs make that 2 fellows with 10 lb barrels...it is a 10 ga too...my heaviest barrells are 8 lb 6 ounces it is a 8 ga....i do have a 10 ga with 30 inch not cut barrells that weigh 7 lbs 12 ounces heavy for 30 inch barrells...i seen a 10 ga on gunbroker one time that had 30 inch barrels and the barrels weighed over 8 lbs always wished i had bought that gun...charlie

Theres a Parkers #3 frame on GB and the seller says the barrel weight is 12 as stamped on the barrels . Im wondering if its even possible to have 12lb barrels on a #3 frame they are 32" .

I also wonder with such heavy barrels on my 10 ga what the original intended charge was . None of the other muzzeloading 10 gauges I have seen come close to this weight even with long barrels .