A splendid video of a real gent and passionate Big Bore owner. I believe this Tolley is a 4 inch chamber or larger, so would weigh c15-17lbs in weight. It can therefore easily fire 2 3/4 or 3oz of shot without undue recoil or pain for the user due to its weight, and Tolley were specialists in this type of gun so it will invariably be of good quality. Cartridges are not (generally) available widely or commercially, so most big bore users homeload - either plastic or brass reloads.
I pop some ear plugs in right before I fire...My father used to say the same thing you just said to me, but now he needs to turn his hearing aids up in order to hear game moving in!
@Bikedirt, punt guns are also about an 8 gauge I think, but that's a gun that's so big you mount it on a punt (boat). You load it the night before, or before your trip, sneak up on a flock of birds sleeping on the water, and then fire a single shot. These are muzzle loaders, so there's no bullet at all (very old gun) and are jam packed with so much lead it basically vaporises anything too close to it. I've never heard of a hand held 8 gauge, but I could be wrong.
@BlazzaBlu Uhm, there's a shotgun called the 2 bore. Or 2 gauge if you want to call it that. Look up 2 bore on wikipedia, and you can even find a video by shooting times where they use it. It's a ridicolously overpowered firearm, and is not necessary even for big game shooting. But it still exists :P
@axpxoxlxlxo This is true, but I assume punt guns are also illegal now, or at least using them in their original intended fashion, so it's kind of a moot point :p
I'm sorry to say, that's a 12 gauge. The only 8 gauge shotgun I've ever seen is a mounted industrial weapon, used for cleaning out brick kilns.
As someone said earlier, gauge and caliber are very different. Caliber is, more or less, just a measurement of the bore. .22 cal - .22 of an inch.
Gauge is more complicated. If you had a solid slug for a 12 gauge shotgun, made out of lead, that slug would weigh one 12th of a pound. An 8 gauge, that slug would weigh one 8th of a pound.
@BlazzaBlu idk thats mostly right except i was at the range yesterday and the owner end up bringing out his 8gauge, its mostly a bird gun i mean thats what he uses it for, and the reason you dont see them that often is because the shells are so expensive and hard to find most people dont think its worth even trying to find one.
@BlazzaBlu Yes and the 2 bore exists. Wich can have a slug of half a pound. And it's handheld. Check out the 2 bore on wikipedia. You can also find a video of it here on youtube, by shooting times.
I would chop my legs off with a rusty saw for an opportunity like that, such a same that the shooting sports are slowly dying in our troubled country!
They used 8 gauge shotguns in the 1800's for commerical hunters and manufacted them for a short while and only in double barrel side by side they stoped making them in 1901. no semi or pump where ever made and none are manufacted today.
8 bore nice!!home loads only . as far as i know theres no company that makes 8 bore cartriges even with home loads i bet they cost about £3-£4 ($5-$6) A pop but what a pop!!!!!
@indy498 I'd sincerely like to know who the hell manufactures the "pump" and "semi-auto" 8-gauges you guys are talking about. I know for sure no one in America makes/made them.
@NathansBackwoods Exactly. I got the other dude a few comments down trying to tell me there's a semi-auto 8 gauge, and I'm trying to tell him: "you're smoking crack", haha
the main reason, that shotguns and ammunition like this isn't made anymore, is because you don't need it for anything. 10 and 12 gauge are enough in millitary or hunting business. it's kinda sad, i think, but the only thing you could use it, is in the case of a zombie apocalypse as some games of nowadays show, or maybe to conquer extraterrestrial life forms, that aren't nice to us.
10 gauge shotguns arent even used in military. 12 is the main round for military and hunters with a shotgun. and you could use a round like this for maybe waterfowl hunting like this guy
@ServerMaster42 Oh cool than can I have that 8 gauge you don't want? Because I am prepared to give you 100,000 dollars for it but yah, 8 gauge a freaking shoulder cannon.
The truth will set you free ! Tell it finally for god's sake, quit lying to people about your Blackwater past. You are not nor will you ever be a contractor, or a man for that matter. I bet your old lady is real fucking proud of you, being the "cool" internet hero and all. Go suck a muzzle bitch !
u can get them but only for boomers cuz they kill to many ducks and gesse 10 gauge what i have they can be high but they will fall dont shoot them to closse or ur duck going be in tiny pices
It sure looked like a weapon to me in the movie "Appaloosa", lol! And besides, if it shoots/pokes/cuts/impales/etc.., I'm pretty sure it can and will be classed as a 'weapon' at some point or another. Ex: A pocket knife isn't classed as a weapon either. that is not untill you use it to attack someone with by cutting or stabbing. Then it WILL be classed as a weapon because it was used as such.
That doesn't matter.. I still would have got one! Besides, with todays advances in weapons technology, I'm sure the recoil of a modern 8 Gauge would be a non-issue.
well, learn how to make one, make one, and then learn how to make the ammo, and make some ammo, and the government can not stop you, you made, so the laws concerning gun laws can not apply to you, ha!
wow dude.. your comment confused the hell out of me! lol! took me a couple of trys to figure out what you were saying. And ya, I kinda doubt I'll be making my own 8 gauge shotgun any time soon.
really do love the 8 gauge (my great granfather bought 1 i got to have it but it died on me, the barrels split, someone fired steel slugs out of it, if you guys are really serious you can have one built for you but ammo and parts are all but gone and the quality of the gun is completly up to the gunsmith lastly its expensive my friend had one made and it cost him 30,000 euros but if you guys want the feeling of a 8 get a 10 s/s and fire some heavy rounds out of it
they still make 10s you can even get commercial ammo for them tho its gotten kinda pricy like $25 a box. for 25 shells. look on the browning gold lable shotgun its a 10 guage pump shotgun.
Very nice! I would love to have that gun! I have a Double brl 12 gauge shotgun made by Remington in 1894. If anybody knows the history of this model I would like to hear from you.
I wish I could be that refined. Waterfowling to me means ruining your gun in the mud an rain and wearing fourth hand camo rags while soaking yourself in a swamp waiting for wood ducks ;)
Very nice old shotgun. I bet that thing weighs at least 16 pounds because my Richland Arms 10 gauge SxS with 32 inch barrels easily weighs 12 pounds. 8 gauge shells must also be pretty expensive.
Old time African hunters like Samuel Baker favored 4-bore and even 2-bore shotguns... don't ask me what for, I read it in one of the late Peter Capstick's books.
They make a 6.5 gauge shotgun in the Ukraine. That fires 1/2 pound of lead. Its so powerful about half of the people that fired it have fractured their shoulder or broken their arm, its called the KS-23 shotgun.
Sorry to burst your bubble ronin, but not everyone lives in the states, and also, illegal to hunt with, doesn't mean illegal to own or target shoot with.
yeah they aren't made in north america anymore, that much i do know. apparently they can still be bought in the uk, or as you said, if i find one at an auction.
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32937isready 2 weeks ago
that older guy must still be in pretty good shape because i carried a 10 gauge around for a day and my arms were sore
yamaha7887 4 months ago
A splendid video of a real gent and passionate Big Bore owner. I believe this Tolley is a 4 inch chamber or larger, so would weigh c15-17lbs in weight. It can therefore easily fire 2 3/4 or 3oz of shot without undue recoil or pain for the user due to its weight, and Tolley were specialists in this type of gun so it will invariably be of good quality. Cartridges are not (generally) available widely or commercially, so most big bore users homeload - either plastic or brass reloads.
CBL235 5 months ago
my idiot friend thinks tht theres no such thing as 8 gauges
buffboy6197 6 months ago
@buffboy6197 I own one so I guess it must be magic!
Landyman999 2 months ago
I really want one of these :/ ... any ideas on where to obtain one
dj4800 7 months ago
0:51 that sounds like a fart in the background! lmao
TheKitten4mahlunch 7 months ago
I used a single barrelled 8-gauge in South Africa. Never again! No wonder the head ranger was laughing his arse off when he handed it to me.
nosmallo 7 months ago
I flinched just thinking of the recoil
Pupil0fGod 9 months ago
he's kinda close to those houses back there..
schamberlain1 10 months ago
Shh! Be vewy, vewwy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!
edbo10 10 months ago
this is worth so much money.
spencermel 11 months ago
Methinks someone needs a 21.2 mm Boresnake?
JabrognaJones 1 year ago
no hearing protection!!!
Quaboosttro 1 year ago
@Quaboosttro Hearing protection is not used in game hunting such such as waterfowl,as it hinders your ability to here the oncoming animal.
mustachio474 1 year ago
@mustachio474
I pop some ear plugs in right before I fire...My father used to say the same thing you just said to me, but now he needs to turn his hearing aids up in order to hear game moving in!
Quaboosttro 1 year ago
Is this in the U.S.
870Remington12 1 year ago
@870Remington12 No, the description says Fife, which is in Scotland, UK.
nohaironheed 11 months ago
If you ring up Holland & Holland they will be more then glad to build one for you but, be prepared to whip out over $100,000 for one.
GunsOfThePhoenix 1 year ago
master chief has an 8 guage!
TheBillbirk 1 year ago 2
@TheBillbirk so does Hitch Everett (from Appaloosa. he uses an 8 gauge)
calebinoutlook 1 year ago
@Bikedirt, punt guns are also about an 8 gauge I think, but that's a gun that's so big you mount it on a punt (boat). You load it the night before, or before your trip, sneak up on a flock of birds sleeping on the water, and then fire a single shot. These are muzzle loaders, so there's no bullet at all (very old gun) and are jam packed with so much lead it basically vaporises anything too close to it. I've never heard of a hand held 8 gauge, but I could be wrong.
BlazzaBlu 1 year ago
@BlazzaBlu Uhm, there's a shotgun called the 2 bore. Or 2 gauge if you want to call it that. Look up 2 bore on wikipedia, and you can even find a video by shooting times where they use it. It's a ridicolously overpowered firearm, and is not necessary even for big game shooting. But it still exists :P
DonQuixotec 1 year ago
@BlazzaBlu you can't load a gun the night before... it is illegal
axpxoxlxlxo 1 year ago
@axpxoxlxlxo This is true, but I assume punt guns are also illegal now, or at least using them in their original intended fashion, so it's kind of a moot point :p
BlazzaBlu 1 year ago
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BlazzaBlu 1 year ago
I'm sorry to say, that's a 12 gauge. The only 8 gauge shotgun I've ever seen is a mounted industrial weapon, used for cleaning out brick kilns.
As someone said earlier, gauge and caliber are very different. Caliber is, more or less, just a measurement of the bore. .22 cal - .22 of an inch.
Gauge is more complicated. If you had a solid slug for a 12 gauge shotgun, made out of lead, that slug would weigh one 12th of a pound. An 8 gauge, that slug would weigh one 8th of a pound.
BlazzaBlu 1 year ago
@BlazzaBlu idk thats mostly right except i was at the range yesterday and the owner end up bringing out his 8gauge, its mostly a bird gun i mean thats what he uses it for, and the reason you dont see them that often is because the shells are so expensive and hard to find most people dont think its worth even trying to find one.
bikedirt 1 year ago
@BlazzaBlu Yes and the 2 bore exists. Wich can have a slug of half a pound. And it's handheld. Check out the 2 bore on wikipedia. You can also find a video of it here on youtube, by shooting times.
DonQuixotec 1 year ago
8 Gauge for whenever your hunting charging bison or a cloud of waterfowl XD
Its really neat to see an old guy in a newsboy cap out with his dog hunting like that. It's a really iconic picture though rarely seen.
ViolentKisses87 1 year ago
are these like more powerfull then a 12guage, and is the 12 guage more pwoerfull then the 20? (don't know guns well lol)
coryrbk 1 year ago
@coryrbk Ya, the smaller the number, the more powerful it is- with shotguns anyway. 'Gauge' is different than 'caliber'
PhantomP63 1 year ago
@PhantomP63 Oh ok mate, thanks, lol that makes sense :)
coryrbk 1 year ago
They also had a 4 Ga.
jrwel14 1 year ago
I would chop my legs off with a rusty saw for an opportunity like that, such a same that the shooting sports are slowly dying in our troubled country!
ChristyTV 1 year ago
imagine the 2 gauge....omg.....
flashfire320 1 year ago
@flashfire320 0 gauge can only befired out of chuck norris's finger tips
compute9 1 year ago
that'd be comedy if it went out somehow to a freak accident due to the age of the gun and blew the dudes whole head off.
cleansing666 1 year ago
@cleansing666 not really.. no.
vampike 1 year ago
8 gauge has same kick as a 3.5" 12 gauge . 8's usally weigh around 11-15 lbs
saturdaymornings777 1 year ago
They used 8 gauge shotguns in the 1800's for commerical hunters and manufacted them for a short while and only in double barrel side by side they stoped making them in 1901. no semi or pump where ever made and none are manufacted today.
plasmaticknight 1 year ago
those newspapers are scratching the hell out of your bore, just so you know
REANIMATEDCORPSE69 2 years ago
8 bore nice!!home loads only . as far as i know theres no company that makes 8 bore cartriges even with home loads i bet they cost about £3-£4 ($5-$6) A pop but what a pop!!!!!
whitemanisking 2 years ago 2
I believe there is ONLY side by side 8 gauges and larger. There are 10 gauge autoloaders though that are gas operated, nothing larger
JtsGreene 2 years ago
NO your not any more
barraboys 2 years ago
are you allowed to hunt waterfowl with lead shot over there?
enjoisk8r20 2 years ago
ive never seen a semi auto 8 gauge, just double, and once a custom made 8 gauge single shot, break action going for 10 grand at a gun auction.
GunsOfThePhoenix 2 years ago
Where have you EVER seen an 8 gauge semi-auto shotgun?! Seriously, please let me know.
VanillaGorillaSS 2 years ago 19
And where to find shells for one!
Tonyhenthorn 2 years ago
My dad's friend has an 8 gauge pump shotgun, at least i think i recall it as a pump. but i know for sure that it is an 8 guage...
D94C 2 years ago
There wasn't any 8 gauge pump action shotguns. The biggest pump action produced is brownings bps 10 guage which is still produced today
JtsGreene 1 year ago
@JtsGreene I meant to say 10 gauge, lol
D94C 1 year ago
my grandpa has one
indy498 2 years ago
@indy498 I'd sincerely like to know who the hell manufactures the "pump" and "semi-auto" 8-gauges you guys are talking about. I know for sure no one in America makes/made them.
VanillaGorillaSS 2 years ago
@VanillaGorillaSS, I am pretty sure they were only made in Double barrel and Single barrel.
NathansBackwoods 1 year ago
@NathansBackwoods Exactly. I got the other dude a few comments down trying to tell me there's a semi-auto 8 gauge, and I'm trying to tell him: "you're smoking crack", haha
VanillaGorillaSS 1 year ago
@VanillaGorillaSS yea ive seen a semi 10,but an 8 just doesnt seem right
blabla3o 1 year ago
@VanillaGorillaSS nope. theres no such thing as a semi auto 8 gauge. the 8 gauge is such an old round its only avalible is side by side or O/U
nickatina40 1 year ago
@VanillaGorillaSS they dont sell them semi auto but if you file down the pin you can make it semi auto
psychoguy1017 1 year ago
@VanillaGorillaSS i do believe your thinking of chuck norris' penis
joewarar12 1 year ago 4
@VanillaGorillaSS the one in the video isnt semi auto if thats what your thinking
aaron10l 1 year ago
@VanillaGorillaSS never seen a semi auto but the shotgun from the video game HALO uses a 8 gauge shell and its a pump action.
gh0strider117 1 year ago
@gh0strider117: wow, who gives 2 shits about what some dumbass video game has to say?
PooPoo2U 11 months ago
@PooPoo2U well that is the time i have ever sen an 8 gauge in action dickhead.
gh0strider117 11 months ago
@gh0strider117: that's not seeing something "in action", that's seeing something IN ANIMATION.
PooPoo2U 11 months ago
@VanillaGorillaSS its just a double barrel a old gun
lacrossedude1441 9 months ago
Im more into rifles and revolvers but if i would get a shotgun i would get this one.
MegaJouhou 2 years ago
the main reason, that shotguns and ammunition like this isn't made anymore, is because you don't need it for anything. 10 and 12 gauge are enough in millitary or hunting business. it's kinda sad, i think, but the only thing you could use it, is in the case of a zombie apocalypse as some games of nowadays show, or maybe to conquer extraterrestrial life forms, that aren't nice to us.
plasmasmasher 2 years ago
10 gauge shotguns arent even used in military. 12 is the main round for military and hunters with a shotgun. and you could use a round like this for maybe waterfowl hunting like this guy
baconator490 2 years ago
You know where I could find one, or a website that has pics and videos? The only place I've seen a double barrel 8ga was on the movie Appaloosa.
rredman84 2 years ago
My grandfather gifted me one of this, I am scared to use it....usually use a 12-gauge...
ServerMaster42 2 years ago 28
Want to sell it?
rredman84 2 years ago
Don't really want to sell it...I want to keep it as a collectible.
ServerMaster42 2 years ago
@ServerMaster42 do you want to sell it.
TheBackwaterguide 1 year ago
@ServerMaster42 it's a blackpowder gun and is loaded with 2oz of shot. it's not any worse than a normal 3" turkey load in your 12ga
drewnickel 1 year ago
@ServerMaster42 Oh cool than can I have that 8 gauge you don't want? Because I am prepared to give you 100,000 dollars for it but yah, 8 gauge a freaking shoulder cannon.
Progunner44 1 year ago
Bama Shooter,
The truth will set you free ! Tell it finally for god's sake, quit lying to people about your Blackwater past. You are not nor will you ever be a contractor, or a man for that matter. I bet your old lady is real fucking proud of you, being the "cool" internet hero and all. Go suck a muzzle bitch !
fuckpolymermagazines 2 years ago
this guy is cool like this vid
ltgmaddog 2 years ago
u can get them but only for boomers cuz they kill to many ducks and gesse 10 gauge what i have they can be high but they will fall dont shoot them to closse or ur duck going be in tiny pices
canadapunkrock 2 years ago
i thought firearms were banned in england?
live2fightfight2live 2 years ago
nope
andrewshd 2 years ago
dont think , jus sit there and say nothing , you should not even own a computer coming out with a statement like that
feel0the0rod0sham 2 years ago 2
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hey i just found out it was illegal to hunt with anything more than a 10 gauge that sucks
jeffgsharpie 2 years ago
You are right.But,that's in US.This is in UK.You can shoot with 4 bore or even 2 bore.Punt gunning is also legal.
mdirtydogg 2 years ago
proud shooter off an 4 bore tolley single :)
Beowolf010693 2 years ago
great video how bad do they kick
wallyjones1 2 years ago
hurry reload faster more birds lol
killer4uman 2 years ago 2
good video, shame we didn´t see what he got.
What did he shoot there?
Michelroedeerhunter 2 years ago
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wallyjones1 2 years ago
i didnt think shotguns that powerful exsisted.
noobslaya111 2 years ago 4
0:40
The ultimate image of a true Englishman. :)
tachikoma22 2 years ago 3
if you want yo fuckin shoulder disconnected
DaAnthem21 2 years ago
i want an 8 gauge!
Ericbranson3 2 years ago
Yeah me to. Its sucks that you cant own one in America now without the proper papers.
M8DMAN 2 years ago
M8DMAN you do not need any special papers to own an 8 in the us, BATF does not regulate these.
U.S. water fowl laws regulate the max Gauge to a 10.
BigWolfBoy50 2 years ago
the iron sight at the muzzle of the gun scares me.... its like a shart fin and a buzz saw combined :|
XxMarine42xX 2 years ago
if you shoot a fowl....with an 8 gauge....would there be anything left?
montecarlomayne 2 years ago
Because its shotgun,,,,,,
FruityLoopsas 2 years ago
yeah i know but i'm sayin that's like overkill for a bird.
montecarlomayne 2 years ago
we are all children of god ;P
beastbrian09 2 years ago 2
For some reason old British people are easy to listen too, lol
teamhex 2 years ago
Very nice video. I think i can feel the fever starting!!
Enough of summer....Roll on September 1st!!
michmcc 2 years ago
Too bad they don't make 8 gauges anymore.
TriggerHappyLunatics 2 years ago 2
Who The hell marked my comment as being poor?? It was a thumbs up comment! ... I Hate You guys!.. *cries* ... LOL! XD
GuyPyro87 2 years ago 3
Classing a fowling piece a "weapon" just doesn't sit well with most shooters over here!! : )
michmcc 2 years ago
It sure looked like a weapon to me in the movie "Appaloosa", lol! And besides, if it shoots/pokes/cuts/impales/etc.., I'm pretty sure it can and will be classed as a 'weapon' at some point or another. Ex: A pocket knife isn't classed as a weapon either. that is not untill you use it to attack someone with by cutting or stabbing. Then it WILL be classed as a weapon because it was used as such.
GuyPyro87 2 years ago
someone said they have never seen a double barrel 8 guage, ha
HardyManful 2 years ago
and then put that autoloader with a rifle, so that it is an awsume weapon system
HardyManful 2 years ago
You know what would be awesome? An 8-Gauge autoloader.
Otacon237 2 years ago
And then a good Orthopedic Dr to put your shoulder back together.........
scramyou 2 years ago
Not really, autoloaders kick a lot less than a pump or double-barrel of the same caliber because of the cycling system.
Otacon237 2 years ago 2
this is the gauge of shot that the shotgun in Halo uses. exept its a Pump. I would love to shoot it.
gh0strider117 2 years ago
fowling? with an 8ga? more like pterodactyling
aieoneoneeight 2 years ago
dragoning is more accurate...
MightyPoptart 2 years ago
WHAT?!? They don't make 8 gauge anymore?? Aww crap! Thats a total kick in my nuts cause I was really wanting to get one 8(
GuyPyro87 2 years ago
because the kick was so bad
sebastiangodspeed 2 years ago
That doesn't matter.. I still would have got one! Besides, with todays advances in weapons technology, I'm sure the recoil of a modern 8 Gauge would be a non-issue.
GuyPyro87 2 years ago
well, learn how to make one, make one, and then learn how to make the ammo, and make some ammo, and the government can not stop you, you made, so the laws concerning gun laws can not apply to you, ha!
HardyManful 2 years ago
wow dude.. your comment confused the hell out of me! lol! took me a couple of trys to figure out what you were saying. And ya, I kinda doubt I'll be making my own 8 gauge shotgun any time soon.
GuyPyro87 2 years ago
damn powerful
RegoBloodScorn 2 years ago
really do love the 8 gauge (my great granfather bought 1 i got to have it but it died on me, the barrels split, someone fired steel slugs out of it, if you guys are really serious you can have one built for you but ammo and parts are all but gone and the quality of the gun is completly up to the gunsmith lastly its expensive my friend had one made and it cost him 30,000 euros but if you guys want the feeling of a 8 get a 10 s/s and fire some heavy rounds out of it
-from greece
christosvasilantonak 2 years ago
We've got to get hold of one in case of a zombie apocalypse.
We've got to be prepared man!
nzag1971 2 years ago 6
Seen appaloosa? that is a badass weapon. i wanna see him take down some mighty beast with a slug from that puppy
drworm77 2 years ago
they still do make 10 gauges but not 8s it would cost u alot of money to get an 8
dodgedurango12345678 2 years ago
couldnt you just bore out a 10 gauge sxs with thick barrels
saturdaymornings777 2 years ago
That's a big ol' shotgun
ETW2012 3 years ago
I have got to have one of these
booza24 3 years ago
good luck they do not mack them aney more
hamured 2 years ago
do thay still mack hucked on phonics?
GenuineVanillaFace 2 years ago 2
i got a 10 gauge my grandad left to me and i know they dont make them anymore. i highly doubt you could find an 8 without a hell of alot of trouble
LordSirpiko 2 years ago
they still make 10s you can even get commercial ammo for them tho its gotten kinda pricy like $25 a box. for 25 shells. look on the browning gold lable shotgun its a 10 guage pump shotgun.
Defconfx 2 years ago
Very nice! I would love to have that gun! I have a Double brl 12 gauge shotgun made by Remington in 1894. If anybody knows the history of this model I would like to hear from you.
GaylesvilleSS51 3 years ago
Now that's a hard to find gun.
NicholasDAZ82 3 years ago 2
I wish I could be that refined. Waterfowling to me means ruining your gun in the mud an rain and wearing fourth hand camo rags while soaking yourself in a swamp waiting for wood ducks ;)
FLswamps 3 years ago
Very nice old shotgun. I bet that thing weighs at least 16 pounds because my Richland Arms 10 gauge SxS with 32 inch barrels easily weighs 12 pounds. 8 gauge shells must also be pretty expensive.
iamafumbler 3 years ago
where can u buy 8 gauge or 10 gauge shotguns and their ammo?
sssaam17 3 years ago
you cant buy the gun
LordSirpiko 2 years ago
cabelas has this gun for sale in their gun libary for 9000$ tolley sxs 8 bore/gauge 40 inch barrels
bobfe360 3 years ago
fucking cannon
DarkCloudsInc 3 years ago
appaloosa contains a 12 gauge shotgun made to look like and fire 8 gauge shotgun shells
PatrynXX 3 years ago
8 Gauge was banned in the US for waterfowl hunting in 1938. Nobody cared because it was so bulky and cumbersome.
fstwrtr 3 years ago
That's an amazing shotgun, there is a double barrel 8 gauge in the new western appaloosa. Man, I would love to take a couple shots with this thing.
McBike1111 3 years ago 4
Interesting film, thanks for posting James.
HotshotFatboy 3 years ago
Thats one hell of an elephant gun lol.
killclaws 3 years ago
wow! a 8 gauge side-by-side, now thats a very rare gun!
my3406cat 3 years ago
Old time African hunters like Samuel Baker favored 4-bore and even 2-bore shotguns... don't ask me what for, I read it in one of the late Peter Capstick's books.
richintalent 3 years ago
biggest handhld shotgun i've ever seen, dammit i want want now! Too bad that shotguns are only allowed up to 12 gauge here in denmark!
kimiwersen 3 years ago
They make a 6.5 gauge shotgun in the Ukraine. That fires 1/2 pound of lead. Its so powerful about half of the people that fired it have fractured their shoulder or broken their arm, its called the KS-23 shotgun.
ExperimentalArmy 3 years ago
isn't an 8 gauge a real kick i mean can even kill a bear rather than piss it off like 12 gauge?
Sauron767 3 years ago
how long are those shells?
facmptr 3 years ago
4.5 inches usually, they are cardboard shells not plastic ones like today
ExperimentalArmy 3 years ago
diiing that sa big gun
flonase21 3 years ago
Sorry to burst your bubble ronin, but not everyone lives in the states, and also, illegal to hunt with, doesn't mean illegal to own or target shoot with.
BobbyIronsight 3 years ago
Not many ducks or geese in the UK I take it?
joeyPeaches 3 years ago
can people shoot on the coast or do you need land permishon for shooting. i live in newton le willows. nearest coast is southport.
liammoran2 3 years ago
I'd like to know that too, seems from the vid the guy is on a public beach.
I used to live in southport.
Katashtrophie 2 years ago
Sorry to burst everyones bubble here, but I am pretty sure that 8 gauge shotguns are illegal nowadays... At least that is what I have read.
HillRonin 3 years ago
It's legal in the UK, just not easy to find the ammo.
jamesmarchington 3 years ago
Do they still make new ones? Custom? I just don't know anything about these guns.
HillRonin 3 years ago
i have a 12 gauge but not a 8
blackdragonofhalo3 3 years ago
i have always wanted a 8 gauge
whoc4r3s117 3 years ago
though its really stupid for me to say the shotgun in halo is an 8 gauge
still wouldent it be better used on bears then BIRDS
I LOVE GUNS
HerNameIs666 3 years ago
Almost like portable flack cannons. They have better range obviously.
Gurgle103 3 years ago
wow that things huge
ColtonORRules 3 years ago
That's what SHE said!
stereonut001 3 years ago
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what a load of fucking bollocks
mardycustard 3 years ago
What do you mean?
DeathMetalScreamo 3 years ago
8s are a typically British thing, but they can't be cheap to fire now that lead is banned.
I use to work with John Marchington at Jeffreys gunshop in Guildford. I'm wondering if this is the same 8 that was in the showroom when I was there?
tealdropper 3 years ago
hells-yeah
FuglyG 3 years ago
thats a large firearm
12GuageRebel 3 years ago
Excellent video by all means. I'd like to view more similar video postings on large bore shotguns in action in the future.
ThalPol 3 years ago
the british 8ga is less powerful than a 12ga 3.5in
8ga industrial wont fit in a shotgun
it has a metal band on the brass for safty reasons. i know a guy that made a single shot 8ga ind. mag from a 20mm mg barrel
recoil was worse than a 50bmg rifle
3oz slug at 1744fps
27 lb gun is ok at the range but i wouldnt want to carry it in the forrest all day
8ga wad .84 diameter 1.225 tall holds alot of buckshot
its illegal to hunt waterfowl in the US with guns larger than 10ga
turboMATRIX03 4 years ago
yeah they aren't made in north america anymore, that much i do know. apparently they can still be bought in the uk, or as you said, if i find one at an auction.
trevorandy 4 years ago
and how much is that? 2 1/4 ounces?
the 3.5 inch turkey loads from winchestor that i buy for my 12 gauge have 2 1/4 ounces of shot, talk about massive recoil!!
trevorandy 4 years ago