Buckshot Alah 8 gauge

[charlie cleveland]

try bluedot my buckshot loads do well with this powder... my roundball loads are only accurate to 30 yards in my 8 ga lifter....hope to better the round ball load soon...charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Just finished a group all pushed with 32 grains of International Clays 0 , 00 , 000 , 0000 and 730 grain slugs . Think I’ll ease out front and try them now .

[Milton C Starr]

Has anyone tried a tri ball load in the 8 gauge ? , I remember seeing a 12 ga tri ball load on another forum that patterned pretty good out to 40 iirc . I think it was 3 .600" balls and usually patterned them in like a small triangle .

I have been thinking of eventually trying to make a 10 ga 2 7/8 #4 buck load , would be interesting to used a old sxs on coyotes .

[Chris Robenalt]

Craig, I've been studying the grain of the stock on that 8 ga. Years back, my friend/PGCA member brought this 8 ga down for all of us to shoot during one of our dove hunts. Both guns have identical fiddleback stocks. I know he sold his. Any chance of them being the same gun? It's a beautiful gun and quite the experience to shoot!

Chris, AZ

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Chris Robenalt

Craig, I've been studying the grain of the stock on that 8 ga. Years back, my friend/PGCA member brought this 8 ga down for all of us to shoot during one of our dove hunts. Both guns have identical fiddleback stocks. I know he sold his. Any chance of them being the same gun? It's a beautiful gun and quite the experience to shoot!

Chris, AZ

If you mean Mr. Phil that’s who I got the hammer gun from I’ve had possession of the brute a little over a year and I’ve had it at three or four places where most of the folks have never seen much less shot an 8 gauge and almost all had big eyes when I handed the gun to them . To be perfectly honest I’m finding I can shoot the slightly more open PH than I can the longer barreled hammer gun . The last targets were shot with the PH .

[6pt-Sika]

Picture of the hammer gun and the ever so slightly lighter PH . With that being said both are over 12 pounds .

[charlie cleveland]

no 4 buck does well in the 10 ga...I ve used no 4 in the 10 ga 3 1/2 inch shell with no 4 buck using a Ithaca mag 10 it will bring a deer down cleanly at 50 steps...charlie

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

no 4 buck does well in the 10 ga...I ve used no 4 in the 10 ga 3 1/2 inch shell with no 4 buck using a Ithaca mag 10 it will bring a deer down cleanly at 50 steps...charlie

years ago I ordered some 0000 in 10 gauge 3.5" but they never sent me the ammo . Theres another company now making 10 ga 3.5" 0000 buck but I dont currently have a 10 gauge magnum .

Ive always wanted to try loading up some lead T shot in the 10 ga , I believe BPI sells it . I know theres a good number of guys in the midwest that love the 10 gauge for predator hunting .

I was going to order 2 cases from RST last week but ended up buying a 22 mag instead lol.

[6pt-Sika]

The stuff with International Clays wasn’t getting consistent ignition . But the hulls I was using cane from the group of 20+ that came with the gun they’d all been fired more than a few times . So I’m thinking the hulls might be on their last legs . Gonna try a couple of the new unfired as well as change primers from CCI209M’s to WIN209’s . Gonna try International Clays again as well but just two of slugs and two of buckshot and see what results I obtain .

[charlie cleveland]

milt try lead bb shot on the predaters...I have shot and killed several coyotes and beavers with them...at 40 yard or better a big coyote will fold up for sure..charlie