Gift
 

Another dealer we do favors for cane in a little while ago and handed me a couple baggies with short 10 factory loads . 18 Winchester’s #4’s and 9 Remington #4’s .

In the past I shot up a couple boxes of the Remingtons in my grandfathers W&C Scott hammerless 10 gauge .

Cool!

I'm planning on heading to the club Wednesday I think I just might pattern my DH 10 at 25 and 40 yardswhile I'm there . And if I can sucker a friends son into calling a turkey for me this spring :whistle:

Wow! - A nice gift of turkey loads.





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My maternal grandfather used these loads for dove in the late 60’s and early 70’s in the 1881 W&C Scott I have now . Simple reason they were the only factory loads that could be found around here . To be honest he killed far more hawks with that gun then he did dove .

Lead #4 Super 10 loads last a long time. In 1985, I bought an Ithaca NID No. 2 Super 10 from Randy Shuman, and that year Winchester dropped the sole remaining 2 7/8 inch Super 10 load from their offerings. Remington had dropped the Super 10 a few years before. I bought all the Super 10 shells Potomac Arms had at their end of season ammo sale, some 24 boxes. I still have these full and a part box --

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Is Randy still around? He sure knew lot about Winchesters (and others)

This is just my position on things, BUT... I would be VERY circumspect about shooting any of these loads in any old double, especially a W & C Scott that's 138 years old.

Why? Because the stock wood has dried out for well over a century and may not be able to withstand the recoil of these loads. And a split stock head is not something pleasant to deal with.

Still, it's your gun...

He is if I remember correctly was or is running a small gun business out of his home . Think he had to wait five years after he sold the business in town before he could sell again in that area . I was told that was in the agreement when he sold the place .