Magnum loads

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Larry Mason

I turkey hunt with a 20ga. Either my GHE Damascus or my Trojan. I have been using RST 4s & 5s. They work great up to 40 yards!

That makes two Larry's killing turkey's with a 20 gauge. The bird in my avatar fell to a load of #6 at about 30 yards.

[Dennis]

My grandmother used to write the way Charlie writes. She made many a cheery pie from the cheery trees growing in her back yard. I appreciate it and have no trouble with it now that I am used to it. I sometimes have trouble with people who are as old as I am (67) who don't know barrel from barrell, there from their, don't use past tense such as useD to know or I supposeD the pheasant was farther away. But having said all of that I know people probably read my writing and think to themselves, that Dennis doesn't know anything. NAHHHHHHHHHHHH. We are all different and that is what makes us special. As my wife would say, stop rambling.

[J.B. Books]

Magnumitis is common affliction that is contagious and wide spread amongst shotgunners. Bigger, longer, heavier is supposed to be better (but in reality it's not). When most Parker's were new what kind of loads were they killing Turkey's with? Were the old timer's under gunned? I don't think so. A one and quarter once 12ga load was the magnum load back in the day. It was the heavy load in 10 gauge for many years. They killed a lot of stuff.

Look at the patterns those RST shells threw! Would the turkey be any more dead with a heavier load? When we choose to shoot classic shotguns we should also choose the loads they built for IMO. Parker's have wonderful regulation and patterns with the right chokes. Be careful not to catch Magnumitis, it is a painful condition for one's shoulder and prized double guns.

[wayne goerres]

I agree with mr Brooks. No point ruining a nice gun. And I would be surprised if a 9 percent increase in barrel translates in to only a 9 percent decrease in preasure. Changes in bore size are rairly proportional. I believe after the wad leaves the chamber mate it no longer makes a seal in the 10ga bore and the preasure drops drasticly. If Iam wrong I am sure bsomeone will correct me.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

I use Gage Mates often. Modern 12 gauge plastic wad seal good in a 10 gauge barrel.

[MarketHunter]

I like a heavy load for waterfowl, but I'm prone to shoot at them a little further than 35 yards at times.

A friend and I do some nuisance shooting on a farm down south and sometimes the birds are very high. When you get in the groove you can kill them 70 yards plus with the right gun and load.

When I'm doing this kind of work, I either use the Parker 10 gauge magnum with 2 ounces or an Ithaca Mag 10 with 2 1/4 ounces. Just depends on how many rounds I think I'm going to have to shoot in a days time. The Parker is mighty hard on the shoulder even with the 2 ounce shells. The Mag 10 will kill them further than the Parker I'm sad to say, and is much easier on the body.

I'd love to take somebody down there shooting 1 1/4 of 7 1/2 and see how much damage they do.


DLH

[MarketHunter]

I shot some decoying ducks with #7 bismuth during this past season. Loads were 1 1/4 ounce, they seemed to kill them fine if they were inside 30 yards but any further and it was cripple city. I've never been a big fan of the Bismuth Cartridge Company loaded shells and that's what they were so that might have been the problem.

DLH

[Double Lab]

I agree. The Bismuth loads did'nt pattern well and the shot was very brittle. They really did'nt transfer their energy into the bird. I'm a big fan of Nice shot for reloading and Tungsten Matrix in a factory shell. The #5's are deadly. Nice, dense pattern and plenty of energy. Boy, to be able to shoot the old lead loads again. Those were the the good ole' days.