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Can anyone to me what Spanish Or Italian companies made an 8-bore doublegun..I am in the market .I am trying to build a Wildfowler shotgun..
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The biggest allowed for water fowl is a 10ga. You're out of luck.
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A Gunmaker here in England called Elderkins of Spalding, Lincolnshire (still trading) used to bore out Spanish 10 bores to 8 bore and have them proved. They were a much cheaper alternative to an English double 8. I don't think they do them any more but there are still a few around that crop up from time to time at auctions etc. Not too expensive. You give location as North East; if N.E. U.S.A. then Paul is correct. Don't know about N.E Canada or elsewhere. Certainly legal for wildfowl on U.K.
I wonder if one of those Harrington & Richardson single 10's would re-chamber and bore out to 8 and still be safe. There is certainly a lot of meat on them. Lagopus.....
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Actually, I have a Parker 10 waiting to be bored out to a 8ga. Why, I don't know. Guess because I have 50 8ga shells and no 8ga.
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A Gunmaker here in England called Elderkins of Spalding, Lincolnshire (still trading) used to bore out Spanish 10 bores to 8 bore and have them proved. They were a much cheaper alternative to an English double 8. I don't think they do them any more but there are still a few around that crop up from time to time at auctions etc. Not too expensive. You give location as North East; if N.E. U.S.A. then Paul is correct. Don't know about N.E Canada or elsewhere. Certainly legal for wildfowl on U.K.
I wonder if one of those Harrington & Richardson single 10's would re-chamber and bore out to 8 and still be safe. There is certainly a lot of meat on them. Lagopus..... Possibly but what would you do with it?
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It was a while back, but I can recall looking over a Bernardelli 10ga. side by side. I don't know if it was a true side lock, but it might have been. It wasn't really nice, but seemed respectable and I think it was set up for modern 3 1/2" shells. Not quite an eight bore, but sort of in the ball park.
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The biggest allowed for water fowl is a 10ga. You're out of luck. He didn't say he was going to use it on waterfowl ....... he just said he wanted a wildfowler. There are people who collect punt guns. That doesn't mean they have to use them on ducks. SRH
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Some people travel to places where 8 ga. is still legal as well.
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The Syracuse L.C. Smiths on the heavy frame 10 ga. have enough metal to bore them 8 gauge.
You can still buy 8 gauge industrial hulls to reload and there is information on doing so on Precision Reloading I believe.
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I don't want to hunt it ..I fell in love with punt guns..But I been trying to find an Italian made 8ga. by Tomolini with 40" steel barrels,which was imported by Navy Arms of New Jersey back in the 60s and 70s..I posted here a few times with no results..What I want to know if they was the only Italian company imported?
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