Parker NH short 10 load results

[George Lang]

Turkey season opened Oct 1, went out with the 10 gauge NH and my 1 1/4 oz. handloads. Was fortunate and took 2 birds over the next 2 days 12# hen @ 25yards and a 17# jake @ 35yards, one shot each The gun and loads performed flawlessly. I guess the VHE 16 ga 30" F/F will be semi retired except for those long walk way back in turkey hunts. The 10 sure is a fun gun to shot. My Dad was right along time ago when he touted the benefits of his 10 ga LC Smith as the perfect water fowl gun I should have paid more attention, I'm sold now.

[charlie cleveland]

good going there..your dad was right no better duck and turkey gun than a 10 ga... i take the old 10 out for turkey and squirls and deer pretty often... charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

good going there..your dad was right no better duck and turkey gun than a 10 ga... i take the old 10 out for turkey and squirls and deer pretty often... charlie

Doesn't make a half bad dove gun either provided the birds are flying well !

[6pt-Sika]

You know as I accumulate more 10 gauge and 16 gauge guns I'm starting to think about giving Ponsness Warren a call !

I know they'll put together an 800 in 16 gauge for me but I'm wondering if they can rig up an 800 or 1000 for 10 gauge 2 7/8" shells !

Of course I'd keep the pair of 600Jr's for buckshot and possibly roundballs . But for uhm bird or skeet/trap loads a PW 800 would be wonderfull !

With the 800 I could load 100 shells in about 30 minutes taking my time ! Same amount with a 600Jr would be about 2 hours .

[6pt-Sika]

I just sent PW and email asking if they'd modify a new 800 or 1000 loader for 10 gauge 2 7/8" !

A new 1000 is $900 with $30 additional for 10 gauge so I assume if they'd do the work the price would be about $1000 to $1100 .

[charlie cleveland]

you get that new fangled loading machine you may have to start loading for all of us..it will give us more time to hunt with the ten ga..boy 4 boxes an hour is something... charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

you get that new fangled loading machine you may have to start loading for all of us..it will give us more time to hunt with the ten ga..boy 4 boxes an hour is something... charlie

With a PW 800 or 1000 that cycles 10 gauge 2 7/8" shells smoothly 600 shells and hour should be no big deal

[charlie cleveland]

man that thing would spit out shells better than a big 50 browning.. charlie

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

With a PW 800 or 1000 that cycles 10 gauge 2 7/8" shells smoothly 600 shells and hour should be no big deal

I thought I was a high volume short ten shooter, I average probably 1000 rounds a year. Half of that at crows, most of the other half at clays and maybe 100 rounds at waterfowl. I have found it pretty easy to stay supplied using a single stage 10ga MEC. How many rounds of short ten are you shooting annually and at what?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

I thought I was a high volume short ten shooter, I average probably 1000 rounds a year. Half of that at crows, most of the other half at clays and maybe 100 rounds at waterfowl. I have found it pretty easy to stay supplied using a single stage 10ga MEC. How many rounds of short ten are you shooting annually and at what?

I would say I shoot maybe 500-750 rounds a year of the 10 gauge and it's mostly skeet , trap and Jap Trap . Sometimes I might take it on a dove shoot thats no more then 50 rounds . Also some buckshot !

I just like PW equipment !

But regardless of whether I was able to get a PW 800/1000 I would still need a PW 375 or 600JR for buck loads and possibly slug loads if I ever get around to that !

Loading buckshot on a PW 800 is a capital PITA .

Since I got that little 600JR 16 gauge loader I'm now wishing I'd gotten a 650 instead so I could knock 100-200 of them out quick . But then it would be difficult for the buck loads .

You gotta understand my FIRST shotgun loaders were PW 800B's and 800C's so ANY single stage loader seems slow to me .

I may be the only shotgun shooter in history that started out with the Rolls Royce of shotgun loaders and then went to the Ford Pinto of shotgun reloaders !