Title: Has anybody ever fired an 8 guage shotgun? Source:
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I did many years ago. I doubt you find one anymore. The recoil will knock you on your ass.
I think you can still get 8ga and even 4ga shotguns.
That Russian gun you posted is 23mm, approximating an American 6 gauge. -- Don't know of any larger manufacturers of 8 or 4 gauge guns... Any decent machine shop could make one...
From wiki: --- Shotguns and shells exceeding 10 gauge, such as the 8 (.835) and 4 gauge, (1.03) are rather rarely manufactured and only a few makers of the otherwise large market of shotgun, rifle and ammo makers across the United States still produce them. Shells are usually black powder paper cartridges as opposed to the plastic or wax cartridge and smokeless powder of today.
I recall someone in town used to have a 10ga. A number of different guys shot it. But only once. No one liked it or thought it was a useful gun. Of course, it was heavy to lug around to boot.
There's a whole world of shotgun nuts out there. You just don't hear about them the way you do with guys who like pistols and assault rifles. Even so, shotgun guys is a real thing.
I used a 10 gauge double for many years geese and duck hunting. It's recoil was at most (depending on the load used) 10% more than a 12 gauge..
I recall someone in town used to have a 10ga. A number of different guys shot it. But only once. No one liked it or thought it was a useful gun. Of course, it was heavy to lug around to boot.
There's a whole world of shotgun nuts out there.
Your be surprised how many of us duck hunting nuts switched to 10 gauge guns when steel shot was mandated by the feds.
Most 10s aren't that bad on recoil. The one you cited probably had one of the old style 'drop' stocks, no recoil pad, and did kick like hell.
It was useful to its original owner, and still would be, -- if someone cut off the stock and barrels, and made it into a street sweeper. ;-)
