More 8 gauge hulls

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

nice find on them hulls these hulls are the first 8 ga shells I ever saw.. my dad got them some where back in the early 1960 s they were loaded with a 3 ounce lead slug...I still have some of them...I read some where the pressure of the shells were in the 20.000 range... yikes.......charlie

I know a gunsmith who does alot of pressure testing for big bore shotguns. I think he said the Industrial loads he tested and the ones he reloaded were in the 20k range. I think he used quickload to develop those loads. The high velocity loads are 3oz at 1700fps . His test gun was a H&R 10 gauge he rebored to 8 ga he was surprised I think that such a thin 8 gauge barrel held up to it . Those barrels have almost no taper through them and the wall thickness is roughly .20" at the chambers if I recall .

[edgarspencer]

I’m sure Kevin and Bill remember the guy wearing the pith helmet and carrying a SxS 4 bore at all the Vintagers years ago. He had about a dozen brass shells, loaded with round ball, in an ammo belt. The belt had leather straps over his shoulders like suspenders (Braces, Kevin?) quite the sight to see, though I don’t ever recall seeing him shoot the thing. As I recall it was an H&H.