Earliest 8 gauges found - Page 2

Dean Romig · 03-18-2015, 07:43 PM

And I've heard the later ones saw relatively light use because the use of the 8 gauge for waterfowl was outlawed shortly after many of them left the factory.

OH Osthaus · 03-18-2015, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

And I've heard the later ones saw relatively light use because the use of the 8 gauge for waterfowl was outlawed shortly after many of them left the factory.

and aren't there some that are known to have been sent back and rebarrelled as 10?

charlie cleveland · 03-18-2015, 08:38 PM

the 8 gauge i got from mills seen a whole lot of use and abuse...tellem about it mills...i use to keep up with every parker 8 ga that i heard of..i wish i had kept up with them but i did not but i know for sure there are over 100 8 ga s still out there...i feel like there is 85 percent of them still around....charlie

Fishtail · 03-19-2015, 08:03 AM

If it was 1918 I'd send an 8 back to Parker and see if they would rebarrel it to a 28. Just to see if they'd do it.

Mills · 03-19-2015, 09:02 AM

Mine is 1913 and there is a set of 10 gauge barrels out there somewhere.

charlie cleveland · 03-19-2015, 07:27 PM

mills i hope you find that set of barrels..to me that would be a perfect gun a 8 ga and10 ga rolled up in one...i hope them 10 ga barrels are 36 inch for sure.... charlie

Mills · 03-19-2015, 07:43 PM

They are 32 inches. I am afraid I will find it and the guy will want a fortune for it

Bill Murphy · 03-20-2015, 08:22 AM

I have an eight that was rebarrelled to 3 1/2" ten. It is fully provenanced to a family from Nebraska. I live in Maryland where no one quit using their eights until they couldn't get ammunition. On the east side of the Chesapeake Bay, there are still a few guns in use that are a bit bigger than eights.

6pt-Sika · 03-20-2015, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I live in Maryland where no one quit using their eights until they couldn't get ammunition. On the east side of the Chesapeake Bay, there are still a few guns in use that are a bit bigger than eights.

The Heathens !

LOL's

From what I've been hearing about the snow geese on the Eastern Shore the last couple years you would think they might relax the rules a touch just for the snows !