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Well, FWIW, the first truly fine shotgun that I ever owned I bought from Bill (Eightbore). It was a Diamond Grade Lindner Daly. BTW, it was a two barrel set! The price was VERY fair. It did need some serious TLC but that's what I do. Do I believe that Bill has the guns that he says - absolutely!

My point was that you were pretty tough on Bill in your earlier post, and you admit you can't post pics either.

Bill's got plenty enough sense to post pics if he wants to learn how. If he doesn't, that's his business and nobody else's.

SRH

Hello All,

Wow, after going through the four pages I have come to realize that to some photos
make shotguns real!

Wow again!

Stay sane Bill, stay sane! ;-)

Jay Cee

Tough crowd. You'd think the poor guy voted for Hillary Clinton.

Based on the "I'd Rather Be Killing Communists" bumper sticker on his old truck, I kind of doubt it

I think it was Bill who once said no one can own all of the guns at one time, but one can own all of the guns, one gun at a time. Gil

Bills shotguns are real enough for sure. I've known him for a couple decades and if he tells me water is wet, I believe him. He probably has told me something that was not correct but for the life of me I can't recall it if it ever happened. If he tells you he has gun x you might as well figure gun x is off the market for now. Good thing is that he does sell his toys from time to time and his prices seem to be reasonable unlike some I know who think their guns are the best, most valuable guns on Earth. Bill knows a five K gun is a five K gun.

KY Jon, just the guy I want to see. I just broke my second .410 PW 800B and the broken part and installation is more than the cost of a new loader. I seem to remember that you had a solution for broken PW loaders. Maybe you would share it here.

I was "tough on Bill" in part because he got me booted from the PGCA gruppen. Absolute power corrupts absolutely- Now- as my German speaking friends might say- "Machts nicht" as I only have one Parker in my Browning safe- a 1928 era 12 Trojan Grade 28" M&F- DT.

Bill has his friends, and I have mine, and I guess never shall we meet, which is "Jake" with me- as I am not a serious clays shooter, as I surmise he is. I get my off-season shotgunning practice on area barn pigeons and crows, and I am just as happy and proficient with a 12 gauge Model 12 in hand as with any of my side-by-side guns: 1 Parker 12, 5 L.C. Smith 12's, 1 Ithaca NID 12 and 1 Utica Fox Sterly 20-- how many guns does any one man need nowadays-- we all know that after our demise, they will eventually fall into other hands, we are mere "custodians in the passing rush of time eternal"--RWTF

Murphy
Sorry to hear of your broken PW 800, they can be serious business. This is how My PW 800 B looked ((30 minutes ago)). Snowed here ever since our return from the Vegas Gun Show. With all the snow I spend much time pulling the handle on the PW 800 B. I may not live long enough to shoot all the shells. As you know when they get warmed up they can load a lot of shells. You can see I do spend to much time hunting and not enough time house cleaning.

Murphy
I would like to help you with the mote you now have in y0oour eye, However I am very busy with the beam that is in my own eye.
David Lien

My good friend, Mr. Lien, has probably used the 800B as long as I have. For me, that's about high school. I bought my first 375 PW in high school and the 800s a little later. I would like to hear (again) KY Jon's story about his experience with the 800B, which involves a trip across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge when he lived in MD. My good friend, Joel Gross, a great collector, fellow shooter, and Ithaca gun designer, describes the 800B as the "Ponderous Warren". Even though he is a talented watchmaker, he finds the PW 800B a bit hard to handle. I still have three of them on the bench after fifty years, but the .410s are gone.