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Well as of this afternoon it appears Brutus ( my Parker hammer 8 gauge) is going to have a brother ! Made a deal with a dealer today for a circa 1908 Parker PH 8 gauge on a #6 frame with 34” barrels . So if this one looks okay when it arrives I’ll have Parker hammer and hammerless 8 gauge guns . Interestingly this PH gun was ordered by a lumber company in the pan handle of Florida and special instructions at the time of ordering was for the gun to shoot buckshot close . So I “assume” the gun may have been ordered for bruins in the Florida pan handle back before the depression . Pictures will follow once it’s in my hands .
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Congratulations ". Once again " can't wait to see the photos... :mrgreen:
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Oh boy! Can't wait to see BRUINTUS! :D
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There is another Brutus, which sharing the name of your 8 gauge is probably appropriate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brutus
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GunnyMack wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:28 am Oh boy! Can't wait to see BRUINTUS! :D
I tried down loading pictures from the sellers site , but it doesn’t seem to be doing exactly right . Thing is being shipped today Fredric or SUpS so “should be here by Thursday of next week I’d think .
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We'll be waiting, maybe patiently maybe not! :D
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I already knew about Big Brutus as it's only about 50 miles from here. I've taken the grandkids to see it. You go underneath, climb a ladder to the generator floor and can go up to the operators station. Unbelievably huge. But then an 8 gauge is huge.
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GunnyMack wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:19 pm We'll be waiting, maybe patiently maybe not! :D
I got the tracking stuff from UPS and they’re saying it should arrive Monday .
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Finally figured out how to download the pictures from the sellers website .
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Obviousely I didn't figure it out as I only got one :roll:
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Just checked tracking and unless I'm mistaken it's in Richmond VA already so I would assume it should arrive in Charlottesville VA atleast by early AM monday morning and be on the truck for delivery monday as it was sent to me to arrive in three buisness days or less .
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Although I use a .410 probably a lot more than the bigger gauges I believe that the statement below is correct... :D
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gamekeeper wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:00 pm Although I use a .410 probably a lot more than the bigger gauges I believe that the statement below is correct... :D
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I’m not adverse to any of the shotgun target games using any gauge to shoot them . However skeet doubles with my hammer 8 is something else , popping the first bird is no problem however stopping restarting and shooting the second bird is challenging .
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Well Brutus II arrived today and it was a bit better than I anticipated . It does have some fine putting on the top of the action in the lever area and there is a wood patch in the end of the forend but it seems okay and I fired it down they the woods twice .
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Here are two pictures of a store token from the Geo. E. Wood Lumber Company of Caryville FL .
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Very nice, I envy you your wonderful Parker collection... :mrgreen:

Cool token too... 8)
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gamekeeper wrote: Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:04 pm Very nice, I envy you your wonderful Parker collection... :mrgreen:

Cool token too... 8)
Thank you sir ! I didn’t purchase the token I just found it via google search .
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Boy that wood is dark! Is it as plain as I suspect? It certainly has seen use but I'm sure it's plenty tight. Now to the pattern board- chop chop! :D really curious about the 'buckshot up close' choke turns out to be?
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GunnyMack wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:56 am Boy that wood is dark! Is it as plain as I suspect? It certainly has seen use but I'm sure it's plenty tight. Now to the pattern board- chop chop! :D really curious about the 'buckshot up close' choke turns out to be?
They used the term close to mean tight .
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Just got home from the club . I shot 25 shots on the skeet field from station 4 with me stepping on the pickle and broke 22 . Then i shot two rounds of 20 gauge as the rest of the crowd arrived . So for a fourth round I shot a normal round of skeet and shot a 22 with Brutus II , I’d have been happy with that except one of the three I missed was low 7 . Anyway some more skeet with this bird is in order .
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Glad you're having fun with them. Must be a challenge to swing all that weight but then following through would be easy.
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M. M. Wright wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:26 pm Glad you're having fun with them. Must be a challenge to swing all that weight but then following through would be easy.
This hammerless gun points a heck of a lot better for me than the hammer gun . Bit less drop in the stock and somewhat lighter . This hammerless gun is 34” and my hammer gun is 36” you can notice the weight out front I think . Also the hammerless is on the lighter #6 frame and my hammer one is on a #7 frame . Yes follow thru is relatively easy with both these guns . But changing direction for skeet doubles is a little slow or sluggish . I never thought I’d see the day when I would say a 1 3/4 ounce load was a Pleasent TARGET load :shock:
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Sounds like great fun. Be sure to lay in plenty of black powder or are you shooting smokeless?

I need to find some bass shells for my 16. Haven't even looked to see what's available. I have 8 or 10 boxes of brass for 12 and really enjoy it. I've no idea if I'll ever get to burn powder again. Just made a date with the radiation doctor but I may turn it down.
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M. M. Wright wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:49 pm Sounds like great fun. Be sure to lay in plenty of black powder or are you shooting smokeless?

I need to find some bass shells for my 16. Haven't even looked to see what's available. I have 8 or 10 boxes of brass for 12 and really enjoy it. I've no idea if I'll ever get to burn powder again. Just made a date with the radiation doctor but I may turn it down.
No I don’t shoot black in the double barrels . I know quite a few that load black for some of the English and European doubles that do so but in plastic . I think your best course of action with the radiation treatment is to remain POSITIVE ! My mom fought the good fight for six or seven years and went into remission three times , I truely believe if she hadn’t been so positive she would have succumbed much earlier . Prayers and best wishes !
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6pt-sika wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 7:01 pm
M. M. Wright wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:49 pm Sounds like great fun. Be sure to lay in plenty of black powder or are you shooting smokeless?

I need to find some bass shells for my 16. Haven't even looked to see what's available. I have 8 or 10 boxes of brass for 12 and really enjoy it. I've no idea if I'll ever get to burn powder again. Just made a date with the radiation doctor but I may turn it down.
No I don’t shoot black in the double barrels . I know quite a few that load black for some of the English and European doubles that do so but in plastic . I think your best course of action with the radiation treatment is to remain POSITIVE ! My mom fought the good fight for six or seven years and went into remission three times , I truely believe if she hadn’t been so positive she would have succumbed much earlier . Prayers and best wishes !
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