Man shooting a 4 gauge Shotgun..............

He shakes his head before firing..LOL https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=582675878458815

Wow I did not know they made a 4 gauge, bet his shoulder will be sore for a while!

Wow...that is nuts.

ouch! I wonder if he got the wascally wabbit

That is crazy!!!

I think he's picking up his teeth off the ground toward the end of video.... or his marbles fell down his pants leg.

Looks like a good way to dislocate a shoulder.

marbles..... but could you imagine a skillet shot with that thing???

Was that flintlock ?

ouch!!!!!

Looked painful!

http://youtu.be/quq-JE-LEgI

Why????

Why not?

That's gonna leave a mark!

Dang

Funny, but I'll pass. My poor shoulder has suffered enough abuse for one life.

The 4 gauge was used by market hunters for ducks and geese back when market hunters were around.

What were market hunters DuckKiller?

Because I'm kinda fond of a healthy shoulder.

Market hunters were the folks that killed ducks to be sold commercially. They would mount those guns onto a swivel mount on the front of a punt (small boat) and make skillet shots into a flock. That's why some folks call them punt guns. The Texas Ranger's Museum in Waco had one on display several years ago, it might still be there.

In Capstick's book he talks of the early elephant hunters using black powder 4 bore's. It would knock them off their horses, break their shoulder and was so bad on the stocks they would wrap the stock in wet elephant hides to reinforce them when they dried. I believe they shot a 4 ounce lead slug.

I believe in the same book he talks of Mr Bell getting a double charge of black powder once causing bodily harm which was the main reason for using the 7x57 on jumbo.

Thanks for the backup FWBanger!!

Good lord, better him than me.

Thanks for the history lesson. I would be all for shooting that thing if it was mounted on the stern of a boat and not against my shoulder! Good stuff guys.

Ouch