10 Gauge 4" Super Magnum?

[Redneck Revolver]

i just talked to an old friend of mine who. through out the conversaison we had talked about going and doing a little skeet shooting (im not the biggest fan but he is and i havent seen him in awhile). anyways he claims about toting a very old s/s 10 guage chambered in 4" super magnum shells. ive never heard of any kind of 4" shell and im wondering if he is mistaken/BSing or if it really exists.

 

[airbornekyle1]

ive never heard of it either. but then again i just learned what a punt gun is.

 

[EghtySx]

In the 1880s, at the height of hunting of waterfowl for commercial purposes, market hunters used large bore shotguns of domestic manufacture. The hunters mounted these cannon-like punt guns on the bow of a flat-bottomed duck boat, called a punt. They poled the boat quietly, at night, close to a flock of ducks resting on the water, and fired a large load of shot and powder that killed many ducks at once. Used in tandem, a group of hunters could bag 500 ducks per day.

 

[Moondoggie]

I'm glad this thread got to the mounting information.

I was afraid somebody was thinking about using this shotgun as a shoulder-fired weapon. Yikes!!!

Maybe back in the days when men were men??? Or maybe black powder wouldn't be nearly as intense as what I'm imagining???

 

[Dave McCracken]

Back when men were men and sheep were nervous, Winchester offered all brass hulls in 8 and 10 gauge that were 4" long. Meant to be cut down to the proper length, these were used by various lunatics,er, ballistics researchers to move massive amounts of lead. The standard 10 gauge loads of the day came in 2 7/8" and used not much more than 1.25 oz of shot. One 8 gauge load from the Chesapeake market gunners used 2 3/8 oz of lead.

Some Brits used the long cases and Greener shotguns up to 4 gauge with no forcing cones for wildfowling, long range pass shooting on big birds, including swans. With ammo improving so much after the 1920s, the big loads died out over there and were outlawed here with the Conservation Act.

And yes, some of these were shoulder fired. Even with the slower black powders and velocities of the time, it must have been like taking Mike Tyson's best shot.

 

[Redneck Revolver]

i know 8 gauge has 4" magnum i still have a few (circa 1965 england) my grandfather had them for his 8 gauge. thanks for the information regarding 10 gauges.