New 10 ga owner
 

Good evening to all
Now that I have this gun I would like to learn how to get started reloading for the 2 7/8 shells
1 where would one go to find 10 ga hulls
2 best reloader to buy
3 any advice on a good resicpe for clay targets
4 I read the treads on how to shorten the longer hulls great info.
5 will the hulls crimp correctly if cut square
I am sure I will have more questions any help would be greatly apiacated
Thank you in advance for your thoughts and your time
Alton Anker

welcome Alton

first - read Peter's great thread on loading the short ten

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11403

you cannot go wrong with the MEC loaders and short kit for this

I have no issue with fold crimping cut hulls - but i generally roll crimp

Ballistic Products and Precision Reloading carry hulls, wads and other 10 ga supplies

there is a lot of information on the short tens in this forum - just do an advanced search in the reloading forum

welcome to the short ten club - they are a lot of fun to shoot


PS
did i miss the post with the pictures of your new 10???? :coffee: :rotf: :rotf:

A mec 600jr and for the 2 7/8 you don't need a short kit. If you find a good deal on a used one but it's not a 10ga, the kit to change it to 10ga will cost a bit over a $100 so keep that in mind. I like the fold crimp, but that's just me. When the ends of the shells get bad you can always cut them back and load 2 5/8. Then you'll have to make a 1/4" spacer to fit under the shell holder, or maybe go to a roll crimp [ they look better/cool ]. Many of my cut shells aren't completely square, or should I say there's a small wiggle or tit on it. They still star crimp just fine. BPI or https://www.precisionreloading.com/ has the stuff you need - I like precision reloading - they're generally cheaper, especially their roll crimpers [ which are also much, much better ]. I just pick a low pressure 12ga load for 1oz under 8000psi. A REM SP-10 plastic wad and a 3/8 20ga fiber wad inside the plastic wad before the shot loads great for me. I also use a 12ga drop tube so the small 20ga fiber wad doesn't get stuck it quite so easily. First I push down the 10ga plastic wad with moderate pressure then the 20ga fiber wad with very light pressure. It's a " feel" sort of thing you'll pick up on very quickly [ like when shot spills all over everything ]. Hope I've helped a little - let us know how it goes. Paul

give us a discription of your new short ten...pictures would be nice and learning about loading the short ten is simple...also read pete lesters short ten loads its on the forum here....charlie

New 10 ga owner
 

Good evening
Thank you to all great information I am sure I will have more questions as I go down this trail I would like to be able to post a picture of my new Parker 10 as well as some great pictures of our Chukars hunting trips with my great German Shorthair pointers and my Parker hunting guns but I have not figured out how to get the pictures from my phone on to the forum I will have to learn that as well I do have one question in regards to Peters thread I do not understand how to down load the PDF file I see nothing to click on to open the file a little help would be great thanks again for all you do
Alton Anker

Alton

Do you have a computer or just use the phone?

You'll need a Adobe PDF viewer to view or print the spread sheet

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/prod...df-reader.html

Photos can be loaded to a hosting site such as photobucket.com. Or loaded to an album here on the Parker board

I put some instructions for albums here

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18427