38 gauge shotgun

[waterstove]

It's not a fat finger. I met a man who has a single barrel 38 gauge shotgun. There is not much info on the gun. It was manfactured in 1938 manfacture is not clear. Gun in in good condition ; anyone know what would be the fair market value ???

 

[hso]

There's not enough information to help yet.

Got any pictures?

Was it marked 38 gauge or some other measure or the guy's word?

 

[rcmodel]

No such animal in an American made gun in 1938.
Are you positive it isn't a 28 guage?
Or misreading 36 guage?

A .38 Gauge would be approximately a .50 cal.
Might have been muzzle loaders made that size in the 1800's, but pretty sure no cartridge firing gun just before WWII.

On the otherhand, the European short .410 bore was sometimes refered to as a 36 guage.
(.410-2 ½" or 12 mm).

The bore is not 36 or 38 gage, it is .410", but the shells rim is close to 36 guage.
In actual guage, a .410 is about a 67 or 68 gauge.

rc

 

[C0untZer0]

If S&W made shot shells for their 500 it would be 36.5835 gauge.

A 36.5835 shotgun = .50 caliber.

 

[JohnBT]

Fausti makes a 36 ga. gun. I don't doubt there are all sorts of old shotguns floating around in odd gauges.

www.faustistefanoarms.com/cat_scheda.asp?id=61

Calibro: 12-16-20-24-28-36-410

 

[shiftyer1]

I've never heard of a 36 gauge. Or a 24 gauge for that matter. Although I had never seen or heard of an 8 gauge until I fired one. Can you post some pics?

 

[303tom]

Did you see this or did he just say it was a 38 gauge, you know they made a 9mm/.38 cal. shotgun, pictures would help.............

 

[mnrivrat]

38ga is almost certainly a mistake. In an american single shot gun it is likely a 28ga. Even if it is Europian it likely not a 38ga

 

[JohnBT]

"It was manfactured in 1938"

If it was made prior to 1900 it could have been made as a rifle/musket/etc. They were sometimes marked by gauge - the 38 being the number of balls it took to equal a pound of lead.

John