The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[Blackpowder Bubba]

Wow is that a DH 10 ga? Beautiful looking Damascus.

[Mike]

I will soon, just purchased one. Its on the way to Arizona from Wisconsin. I reload my own for BPCR and am new to reloading Shotgun hulls.

[Alan B. Webber]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

Just curious how many of us are actively shooting a Parker short 10 in any grade? I know of Scott Kittredge, Bill Janelle, Bob Fabian, Rick Weik, Mark Ouellette, Charlie Cleveland, Bill Murphy, Frank Cronin and myself. Just curious how popular the moribund 2 7/8" 10ga is among us.

I shoot two #6 frame d grades, one hammerless, one hammer. BP and smokeless.

[Researcher]

Originally Posted by Danielclark

Wow is that a DH 10 ga? Beautiful looking Damascus.

If Bruce has it, you should know it is a Quality CH. May be a "Pheasant Gun" as Bruce says now, but probably started life as a Prairie Chicken gun!! I'd certainly be proud to shoot either with it.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Alan B. Webber

I shoot two #6 frame d grades, one hammerless, one hammer. BP and smokeless.

Do you have any pictures of your 6 frame 10 gauges ? I always like seeing them so far I think ive saw perhaps 5 or 6 of them .

Currently I have 2 short 10 gauges my 6 frame NH and my grade 2 top action hammer gun. After carrying the 6 frame a 3 frame feels like a 16 gauge .

[Bill Murphy]

My #6 frame NH Twist Steel is an impressive gun, but not much fun to carry. As I recall, this is the ten in my collection with factory lettered 3 1/2" chambers. I'm in the middle of starting to reload for the short ten, first time in about ten years. I have two loaders on the bench, a MEC and a PW 375, but can't get any good crimps on cut off hulls. I will load with an over shot wad, sealed with Elmer's wood glue. Testing will tell whether the top wad in the left barrel will move after firing the right barrel. I've loaded eights for years with a top wad and no crimp, so I expect the tens to exhibit about the same result.

[charlie cleveland]

it will work good bill I have loaded 8 ga 10 ga and even the 410 doing it...not the best looking shells but they still go bang....charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Well, Charlie, I won't be carrying any six frames in the field, so the crimpless shells should be no problem on the sporting clays course where I can keep an eye on the top wad.

[Milton C Starr]

Currently I have some RSTs 2 5/8s which come with a nice roll crimp and some 2 7/8 bismuth loads . The Bismuth are 1 1/4oz of 2s and the roll crimped ones are 1 1/4oz of lead 4s . I havnt gotten around to patterning any them as of yet . My 8 gauge loads are glued , I have a roll crimper but I have read mixed results with the BPI one . I lost out on a ebay bid for a vintage 8 gauge roll crimper but once it went over $400 I figured I could live with gluing the overshot card in .

[charlie cleveland]

milt them crimps of yours are really nice...hope you shoot that bismouth load soon I m wondering how it will pattern...charlie