1889 32" NH

Nice gun and gobbler.

Almost half a year since the last post, any new 10 bore owners/shooters since then?

My 10 bore Tolley
 

JOnes Lever, 10 1/4 lbs,choked full and full,32 inch Damascus 3 bar bbls,
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At the risk of being excommunicated from this august forum I'll confess to having received a "new" 10 bore yesterday. It's a William Moore of London made no later than '75. Jones underlever, laminated barrels, and forend wedge. Plain gun but in very high original. condition. Weighs 8/14.

Leighton, thats a serious 10 bore you have there.


William Moore, circa ? to 1875
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nothing like a ten bore...fellows them are some nice tens even if they are forign made .... that long barrel ten would make a fineturkey getter and the short one a good crow gun...i can see the parker is already a turkey getter nice gun and a beautiful long beard... charlie ps just kiddin bout the forign made i also have a old hammer claybrough abd sons 10 ga...

New Tenners
 

I got two.

I have a 10 hammer underlifter #10227- basically unfired- was owned by a Parker EE - a caster. I have never fired it but bought some RSTs from Morris so soo I will.

the second is a damascus PH grade 55861- very early hammerless. i alway thought it was a 12 but never fired it. well 2 weeks ago I dropped a 12 ga shell in it and the chamber swallowed it. we put in a short ten and fired it in a vise. no problem.
Mark Conrad's letter confirms it- it was sent back to the factory and bored out to a 10 guage with 2 and 5/8 chambers. Mark said he has never seen such a thing.
I think it will be my new skeet gun.

That is neat and explains at least one 2 frame (assuming it is a 2 frame) 10ga Grade 1 Twist. Can you scan and post the letter? Have you had the barrels walls measured, be interesting to know the thickness after the factory modification.

What is the minimum wall thickness on your 12-10 gauge convertible?

Letters at:
1891 CH No. 2 frame, 26" 10ga cyl & cyl