any current manufacturers of 8ga shotguns?

[WRMorrison]

I know that some still manufacture shotguns in 10ga (although not very many), but does anyone know of a current manufacturer of 8ga (or larger)? Just checked the hunting regs, and it says that 10ga is the largest that you can hunt with...except for Eurasian collared doves; go as big as you like on them, I guess.

Even though it's not necessary or practical in most cases, that's never stopped us from coming up with wild stuff. So, why doesn't anyone make the big stuff anymore? I wouldn't mind having either a 4 or 8 bore lying around for giggles...

-WRM

 

[792mauser]

8 bores are huge, heavy and slightly unwieldy.
A guy at a range in Tennessee had a 30"~ double barreled one. It balanced well, but it had to weigh 15+ pounds. Got to fire 4 rounds from it. I had never fired a paper shell before that day.
Firing it was just as bad as a 3-1/2" 12 gauge heavy buckshot load in a light gun. The barrels were huge and long.
He joked about cutting the barrels down to 20 inches, then loading blanks and setting any home invaders alight.

Don't know what payload he was launching, just that those paper shells were HEAVY and they'd seriously knock you around.

I'd still fire it again and if one was cheap enough id buy one just for S&G.