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March 2, 2002, 11:59 PM
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Do these really exist?
This may be a stupid question, but here goes:
Is there any such thing as an 8 gauge shotgun? I would almost swear that I've read articles about them before ( a long time ago ), but I've never seen or fired one (thank God). Has anyone ever seen and/or fired one of these? |
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March 3, 2002, 12:17 AM
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the biggies are called 4 Bore
http://www.cybershooters.org/Royal%20Armoury/4bore.JPG huge is a punt gun they were used to shoot flocks for market hunters think skiff mounted cannon http://www.gunnery.net/glossary/images/punting-boat.jpg http://www.sinkbox.com/p000456.htm http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverW.../punt_gun.html http://www.gunnery.net/glossary/p-glossary.html |
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March 3, 2002, 12:32 AM
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10 guage is the biggest still commercially loaded in the U.S. 8ga is still loaded by Ely-Kynoch of Britain. 4ga is still in limited use and also available from Ely-Kynoch.
Sam |
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