6 fame 10 gauge
 

My two 6 frame 10's lets see others! NH top and D hammer lower.

Craig, are you sure the hammer gun is a #6 frame? I've never seen one of those. Could it be a #7?

i really like the big frame guns and these 2 guns are really nice....what a pair of duck guns....charlie

Here is my 6 frame 10. It has 34" tubes.

those are some thick barrels...what do they weigh and what is the total weight of the guns...charlie

I want one !

I see a future homepage photo. Just sayin.

11 lb. 2 oz. unstruck weight of 6 13.

Craig, is your hammer gun a #6 frame? I've never seen one of those. Could it be a #7 frame?

Bill it is a 6 frame.

That is a very rare gun, Craig.

Picture of barrel markings, click to expand.

I wonder what this one weighs. It's not a Parker that I can tell but I wonder what gauge it is..... and why is such a little guy shooting it?


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Wow! Unstruck bbl Weight of 10’6. Must be about a 14 pound gun.

Good guess it weighs in at 15 lbs.

i too think its in the 15 lb class maybe a little more...i woder what was the heaviest barrels parker ever made this one will be close...i ve seen in the parker pages a record weight of the lightest gun found but i ve not seen one for the heaveist...come on guys lets see what the total weight of your big guns are....dean will have to make a new record...charlie

"The Beast" -My 1909 PH 10 32" - Nice pictures taken by the "Toolman" Cambria :rotf:

I enjoyed Steve's article in the Double Gun Journal

Craig: That's a beast but I'm right behind you with my Quality 1 hammer 10 ga. that weighs 14 pounds and the barrels 0f 34 inches are 9-7. You have a couple of keepers.Its on a 5 frame Thomas

I’ll ask a really stupid question : why such heavy guns? I get the long barrel part but what loads would be shot in a 6 frame is that could not be shot in a 3 frame? I’ve hefted a 4 frame and it was hard to get moving.

Actually a good question Ed and the answer, I think, is "because it's big."

I have two 2 frame Parker 10 gauges and enjoy them.

i have taken some clays with Craig's gun- once you get it moving (which is not difficult) on a long target - you won't stop your swing

i expect the weight was to soften high volume shooting of heavy loads

I have asked myself that question many times and wish I could ask the original owner. Both my 6 frame guns have were used extensively. Untold numbers of waterfowl have fallen to these two guns. The other oddity is a market hunter wouldn't have the resources to buy a D. I have shot ducks with both and they are quite easy to handle in the blind. I see no real advantage to their size except the original owner wanted a heavy duck gun that may have been similar to a 8 gauge. For me they are a extremely interesting part of the golden age of duck hunting.

One of my #6 frame guns is factory bored for 3 1/2" ten gauge shells. It is an early gun, I think before the introduction of 3 1/2" factory magnum shells. Apparently the buyer was reloading some big stuff.