Buckshot Alah 8 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

The new punkin ball molds arrived in NYC yesterday now how long will it take to make the six hour trip to central Virginia ! I went out about an hour ago to try 000000 buck , .775” punkin balls and .775” slugs . Shot them all at 28 yards . Decided on 000000 buck for the right barrel and the slugs/punkin balls are about the same out the left barrel . First pic is buck second is slugs and the last is punkin balls .

[6pt-Sika]

Oh yes failed to mention these were shot in the slightly more open PH 8 rather than the tighter hammer gun .

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

The new punkin ball molds arrived in NYC yesterday now how long will it take to make the six hour trip to central Virginia ! I went out about an hour ago to try 000000 buck , .775” punkin balls and .775” slugs . Shot them all at 28 yards . Decided on 000000 buck for the right barrel and the slugs/punkin balls are about the same out the left barrel . First pic is buck second is slugs and the last is punkin balls .

I was looking at a 10 ga pumpkin ball/ tri ball load recently, somehow they stuffed three 1 1/8oz round balls into a 10 ga hull . Definitely more weight than I would want to fire out of a 10lb gun lol . I have some buckshot loads planned for the 8 gauge but ive been procrastinating on it .

[charlie cleveland]

looks like the pumpkin balls shot really well...deer would be down for the count if hit ....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

looks like the pumpkin balls shot really well...deer would be down for the count if hit ....charlie

I suspect they’d be down inside thirty yards with any of the three .

[6pt-Sika]

I’m pleased and slightly surprised . Last year when the three molds I ordered from the UK arrived in this country they sat in Chicago for three weeks before they turned them loose . This year the pair came in country Sunday in NYC and were in my PO Box this morning . Three DAYS beats the heck out of three weeks Already cleaned them with gunscrubber and sooted with a match , might just cast a few tonight .

[charlie cleveland]

those molds look good...the round ball mold I have came from the uk...I heard the fellow I got mine from had passed on....I was really impressed how well these molds are made...charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

those molds look good...the round ball mold I have came from the uk...I heard the fellow I got mine from had passed on....I was really impressed how well these molds are made...charlie

These and the ones I purchased last year came from the company of the guy that passed . His wife and son take care of it now . As well as the .775” balls shot in my PH I’m thinking I might have wasted the $100 it cost me to get these two larger molds .

[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 .