I ran across this 4 Bore while perusing Graham Mackinlay’s site in Scotland. Specs: Made 1981, 4” chambers, 36” barrels, 19.5lbs. Been fired 24 times. Min Walls are listed as “thick”. Pretty cool.

One day! Watson Bros. Still makes one

I’m in the beginning stages of making a rifled version for a client. Will be much heavier at 24lbs with 24” barrels.

I have a friend in the UK who uses an 8 on geese. Perhaps you could use it to effect in a country that knows it is about the shooter and the limits and not the gauge.

bill

Yes the USFWS should allow ORIGINAL single or double shotguns >10 bore with non-toxic shot for waterfowl, especially now that a hunter can blaze away with a 10 ga semiauto 3" 3 1/2" with hi-velocity loads. At least for species like Snow Geese where population reduction is a goal.

Funny a thread on 4-bores coming up. I was watching a video last night on youtube, "Clarissa and the countryman". In which it shows UK gunmaker Alan Myers machining a 4-bore double action. Anyone know if he is still kicking ?

https://youtu.be/ytuZUhIa9Nc

Personally once market hunting was banned I don’t see the need for the redundancy of gauge limits. A limit of birds is a limit of birds. Magazine capacity I can understand due to the tendency of some to pray and spray on last shot, often crippling.

bonney, yes Alan Myers still going as far as I know: https://b99.co.uk/gunsmith/preston/alan-myers-gun-makers/ Clarissa Dickson-Wright sadly is no longer with us but Sir Johnny Scott (Countryman) still is. It was quite a good little T.V. series.

A friend, who I should see tomorrow if he turns up at the black powder shoot, has some contact with Alan Myers personally so I will ask him. Friend shoots wildfowl with muzzle loading big bores. A lot of wildfowlers here are going back to muzzle loaders in big bores as they can easily be loaded with Bismuth shot and a lot cheaper than making cartridges. Lagopus…..

Yes i knew Clarissa dropped off the twig, sometime ago it was too. I remember the trendy lefties and anti's having a gloat about her passing. Just wondered if Alan was still going, he seemed to be a one-man band in the video, great skills and talent.

He passed last week.

Who? Edit: Sorry. Just read that Alan passed. Our condolences