8 Gauge Shotgun in the new movie "Appalosa"

[Just Duke]

I have never met your SWMBO but you could be in a whole different world of pain if she reads this over your shoulder.

Take care,
John

She Who Must Be Obeyed?
Ok now I get it after a goggle search. Goggle search.
I wield the staff in my house. lol That's for sure.

[Just Duke]

The movie is pretty good, more a character/interaction study and a display of authentic period stuff and high production values than a gripping story. Ed Harris is one of those actors who seems to get better and more authentic the older he gets, and he obviously put his heart and soul into this film.
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Very well done but the cast was way to old to depict those endigenous to the chronological time frame. Ed Harris looks around 55-ish plus.
Viggio Mortensen a touch younger.
36 years was the longevity average. Shame too.

[leadeye]

So any 10 gauge guns out there side by sides or 1887's aftermarkets?

Can't speak for the old 10s but the new ones will kill a turkey through a lot of brush. The first time I took mine hunting after getting it you could really see the hole through the weeds between my position and the turkey. I have a picture of it somewhere I will have to dig up. The gun is a Remington SP-10.

[DocWatson]

Pardon me for reviving an old thread, but I obtained much of the information I was seeking from here, and though I'd give back a little. Links:

Remington MasterBlaster System (8 ga.)

Winchester Industrial Products (8 ga.)—the Western and Ringblaster "Tools" PDF downloads are maintenance manuals, but the Industrial Loads PDF is a nice catalog

A friend who is a retired gunsmith once made up a mould for 10 ga. slugs that looked like those things used in badmitten.I can't remember what their called.Or airgun pellets.Anyway they looked similar.Hollow base.Seems like they weighed 900 grs.or there abouts.He made the mould for an Alaska game warden who had the job of dealing with problem grizzlies.This was in the middle or late 60's.He said the game warden told him they worked really well.I don't know the load they used.

Those sound as if they were the outsized ancestors of the BRI Sabot slug. The 1972 edition of Law Enforcement Handgun Digest (Dean A. Grennell and Mason Williams; Northfield, Ill., Digest Books; ISBN 0695803352) had an article on them entitled "Patient, Dogged Research And Development Finally Paid Off With Proof That Projectiles Needn't Spin For Tack-Driving Accuracy!" on pages 112–115. IIRC BRI slugs were redesigned in the 1980s or '90s to perform up to the hype, and speaking of movies they were (incorrectly) touted as super armor piercing rounds in Alien Nation.

[jim4065]

Tie yur lariat around one of these babies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7FeeamC4qk

Thanks - I needed a new impossible dream.

[delmar]

Anyone seen this movie?
8 Gauge Shotgun side by side.
Just for kicks does anyone make a replica?
Did anyone see the size of the shells?
Does anyone make a reloader or dies for this caliber?
Brass cartridges with black powder would seem like a challenging reload.
TIA,
Duke

If you might not have one of these walking around your back yard, do not ask!, "why would you need a gun that big ha hah ha!" need not reply.

I just rented that movie from netflix and was wondering about the gun. Thanks guys, for all the info. Interesting thread!

[Dframe]

I once fired an 8 gauge muzzel loader double barrel. My shoulder and I have never forgotten