Won a box of 8 ga shells

[Bucket83]

I've been hunting for 30 yrs and have never seen or herd of an 8 ga.can you even buy them anymore, who makes them and how much for the shells.

 

[feralBoy]

I know I saw pics of 8ga shotguns that they use for commercial applications. They clean furnaces with them. I tried to find pics but I couldn't find any.

 

[CobrayCommando]

http://www.winchester.com/industrial/pdf/IndustrialPDF/INDBRO.pdf

Buy your own Winchester cannon!

 

[Dave McC]

Back in black powder days, 8 gauges were common for waterfowling. Outlawed for sporting purposes and market hunting before WWI, these are quite scarce now.

They are used for some industrial applications. The launchers look more like artillery than long arms.

 

[skeeter1]

The 8-gauge falls in the "punt gun" category:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun

Good luck finding a firearm you can shoot them in. Just hold onto them as a collectors curio.

 

[Raytracer]

http://www.winchester.com/industrial...PDF/INDBRO.pdf

Oh my. It may just be time for a career change.

Joe

 

[Ruger4570]

You better hope you WIN a gun to shoot those monsters in too.

 

[oletymer]

If they are from the old punt gun era they are a valuable collectors item. If they are the newer industrial load then not worth much.

Karl

 

[Jseime]

Good lord what the deuce is this Winchester Industrial Business?