The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

We didn't measure the chambers on the #1 frame ten. I was afraid the chamber gauge would bust through the chamber walls. The chamber walls were very thin. The gun is in the Serialization Book, #71767, a 26" DH Grade. I've never seen another one.

In your "book" it says the gun left the factory with 26" pipes ?

I bet that thing woulda made a heck of a dove quail gun . I also "assume" it was choked rather open ?

[Bill Murphy]

Yes, the gun left the factory with its 26" tubes. My little 27" DH ten on a #2 frame weighs 7 pounds, 8 ounces. I assume the 26" gun on the #1 frame weighs a bit less.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

We didn't measure the chambers on the #1 frame ten. The chamber walls were very thin. The gun is in the Serialization Book, #71767, a 26" DH Grade. I've never seen another one.

Does the stock book say anything about the gun possibly having been rechambered from a 12 to a 10 such as the subject gun in "The Parker Convertible" by George Purtill in the Autumn 2014 Issue of Parker Pages?

[Bill Murphy]

I have not seen the original order for this gun. Maybe our research committee would post a picture of the original order, or the stock book entry, to answer your question. I assume the SB entry was accessed from the original stock book entry, which apparently stated that the gun was made as a ten gauge.

[charlie cleveland]

would have liked to have seen this 10 ga quail gun.bill if the quail ever getto a huntable number bring that short barrel bird gun to mississippi...charlie

[jim garrett]

I shoot 3, Parker, Smith and Daly and load for all 3

[charlie cleveland]

sounds like you got the ten under controel jim...nothing like a ten gauge...charlie

[6pt-Sika]

We have a customer that comes in quite often and he's kinda into British doubles . Anyway one day he brought in a W&C Scott in a 10 gauge that he wanted us to get Danny Patton to bend the stock .

Now this thing had some monster heavy pipes on it and I made a comment about them being kinda stout . Come to find out this gun had left the factory originally with Damascus 8 gauge barrels which he also had and was sent back at a later date to be fitted with factory fluid steel 10 gauge barrels . I wish I had taken some pics of it as he has since sold it down the road .

I truly would like to have owned that gun !

[6pt-Sika]

Correct me if I am wrong but was it not the general rule to say 10 gauge Parker's on #3 frames as waterfowlers and those on #2 frames were considered upland guns of the time ?

And I would assume at the time of manufacture this 10 gauge on the #1 frame would be considered a Light , Super Light or whatever the correct term of the time would have been ?

[Bill Murphy]

Extremely light, extremely rare, and probably built against the recommendations of Parker Brothers. Chuck, can you let us see the order for this unusual gun? #71767.