weatherby pa-08 upland barrel

doctor_brevic · February 5, 2012, 06:32 PM

I have a weatherby pa-08 upland 12 gauge shotgun with a 28" barrel and the screw choke setup. I like it a lot, it's great for hunting and clay shooting but a little impractical for home and property defence. Although I do have several other shotguns and countless weapons systems for this pourpose, when it gets dark out side I am limited to a glock 23 in one hand and a surefire in the other. Now, granted, that is a pretty solid defence, but I am after a little more firepower seeing as I live in a very remote rural area. I bought a flashlight mount off of ebay for my mossberg or my 870 but the dang screws are a joke! So upon continued research I did find something that I like, it replaces the magazine cap on my weatherby and is essentially the same thing but with a picatiny rail sticking off the front under the barrel. Problem solved right? Sure, but I am going to need a defence barrel for it now, and I can't find a single one anywhere online without the whole shotgun (which I already have) attached to the back of it for a few hundred extra dollars! So my question, can I find just a plain old 18.5 inch barrel for my pa-08 upland? please respond with any info!!!

Marquezj16 · February 6, 2012, 05:42 PM

I have never seen one online or for sale that is just the barrel.

I ended up buying a PA-459 TR.

mpd61 · February 8, 2012, 09:28 PM

Nothing out there yet....

ripnbst · February 9, 2012, 04:10 PM

I am in the exact same predicament. I have an Upland 08 and I want to put a short barrel on it just because an 18.5" barreled shotgun with nice wood on it appeals to me and then I can use the same familiar platform for both HD and field shooting.

I contacted Weatherby about selling just a barrel to me. They didn't respond.

I also posted on Weatherby's forum to see if more people out there want the same thing and sure enough they do, Weatherby just isn't listening I guess. Maybe because they figure they will sell more shotguns if you have to buy two vs one with multiple barrels?

Marquezj16 · February 10, 2012, 02:44 PM

Anybody thought of having a gunsmith doing a length alteration?

My PA08 has become a safe queen of late. I'm actually trying to sell or trade it. It would probably have a second life it the barrel was shorter.

mpd61 · February 10, 2012, 05:53 PM

They are making a slug barrel for the new combo package...
maybe soon

ripnbst · February 15, 2012, 03:54 PM

A length alteration kind of defeats the purpose for me as I want both, not just a short one.

Marquezj16 · February 16, 2012, 08:37 AM

There seems to be no love for this shotgun. Why do you think that is?

Dave McC · February 16, 2012, 02:31 PM

Not "no love", no experience.

It's relatively new and not widely distributed.

I've never seen one. After I try some out, I'll gladly give an opinion....

doctor_brevic · February 17, 2012, 05:20 PM

Yeah, shortening the barrel would be pretty neat, I have a thing for a short barrel that is vent ribbed. But I already own a mossberg 500 persuader 20" 7+1 and remington 870 express 18" 6+1 and I am pretty happy with them both, not to mention my cheapo fun gun, a savage/stevens model 350 bottom ejecting 18.5" 5+1 with ghost rings. HAHAHA! In fact this weatherby is the only "hunting" longer barreled shotgun that I own, and that's the reason that I bought it, the only reason I ask for yet another short barrel in the house is because this would be the easiest one I have to put a flashlight on. Sort of dissapointing that they don't seem to have anything like that without the package deal... I saw that little slug barrel combo but unfortunately it is a rifled barrel so no good for the rifled slugs and buck shot. Well, looks like I am stuck with a glock 23 in one hand and a flashlight in the other, what a shame

Marquezj16 · February 18, 2012, 05:53 PM

Quote:

I saw that little slug barrel combo but unfortunately it is a rifled barrel so no good for the rifled slugs and buck shot.

I'm gonna have to check that out. That is a nice deal. If onlyI had a need for it...

BTW, I read a review fromt he Box O' Truth #46. You'd be surprised at the result of shooting rifled slugs out of a rifled barrel.

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot46.htm

February 5, 2012, 06:32 PM	#1
doctor_brevic Member Join Date: August 19, 2011 Posts: 74	weatherby pa-08 upland barrel I have a weatherby pa-08 upland 12 gauge shotgun with a 28" barrel and the screw choke setup. I like it a lot, it's great for hunting and clay shooting but a little impractical for home and property defence. Although I do have several other shotguns and countless weapons systems for this pourpose, when it gets dark out side I am limited to a glock 23 in one hand and a surefire in the other. Now, granted, that is a pretty solid defence, but I am after a little more firepower seeing as I live in a very remote rural area. I bought a flashlight mount off of ebay for my mossberg or my 870 but the dang screws are a joke! So upon continued research I did find something that I like, it replaces the magazine cap on my weatherby and is essentially the same thing but with a picatiny rail sticking off the front under the barrel. Problem solved right? Sure, but I am going to need a defence barrel for it now, and I can't find a single one anywhere online without the whole shotgun (which I already have) attached to the back of it for a few hundred extra dollars! So my question, can I find just a plain old 18.5 inch barrel for my pa-08 upland? please respond with any info!!!

February 6, 2012, 05:42 PM	#2
Marquezj16 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Posts: 2,088	I have never seen one online or for sale that is just the barrel. I ended up buying a PA-459 TR.

February 8, 2012, 09:28 PM	#3
mpd61 Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2009 Location: Central Mass Posts: 352	Nothing out there yet....

February 9, 2012, 04:10 PM	#4
ripnbst Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2010 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 1,552	I am in the exact same predicament. I have an Upland 08 and I want to put a short barrel on it just because an 18.5" barreled shotgun with nice wood on it appeals to me and then I can use the same familiar platform for both HD and field shooting. I contacted Weatherby about selling just a barrel to me. They didn't respond. I also posted on Weatherby's forum to see if more people out there want the same thing and sure enough they do, Weatherby just isn't listening I guess. Maybe because they figure they will sell more shotguns if you have to buy two vs one with multiple barrels?

February 10, 2012, 02:44 PM	#5
Marquezj16 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Posts: 2,088	Anybody thought of having a gunsmith doing a length alteration? My PA08 has become a safe queen of late. I'm actually trying to sell or trade it. It would probably have a second life it the barrel was shorter.

February 10, 2012, 05:53 PM	#6
mpd61 Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2009 Location: Central Mass Posts: 352	They are making a slug barrel for the new combo package... maybe soon

February 15, 2012, 03:54 PM	#7
ripnbst Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2010 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 1,552	A length alteration kind of defeats the purpose for me as I want both, not just a short one.

February 16, 2012, 08:37 AM	#8
Marquezj16 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Posts: 2,088	There seems to be no love for this shotgun. Why do you think that is?

February 16, 2012, 02:31 PM	#9
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Not "no love", no experience. It's relatively new and not widely distributed. I've never seen one. After I try some out, I'll gladly give an opinion....

February 17, 2012, 05:20 PM	#10
doctor_brevic Member Join Date: August 19, 2011 Posts: 74	Yeah, shortening the barrel would be pretty neat, I have a thing for a short barrel that is vent ribbed. But I already own a mossberg 500 persuader 20" 7+1 and remington 870 express 18" 6+1 and I am pretty happy with them both, not to mention my cheapo fun gun, a savage/stevens model 350 bottom ejecting 18.5" 5+1 with ghost rings. HAHAHA! In fact this weatherby is the only "hunting" longer barreled shotgun that I own, and that's the reason that I bought it, the only reason I ask for yet another short barrel in the house is because this would be the easiest one I have to put a flashlight on. Sort of dissapointing that they don't seem to have anything like that without the package deal... I saw that little slug barrel combo but unfortunately it is a rifled barrel so no good for the rifled slugs and buck shot. Well, looks like I am stuck with a glock 23 in one hand and a flashlight in the other, what a shame