Parker 10 G

[William Davis]

Bought this 10G Hammer at the Fall Southern # 49225, 30 inch 10 lbs. Metal was good, never messed with. Parker letter shows it was shipped to the upper Mississippi, back to the factory twice both times shipped back to the same area. Probably never saw salt water which accounts for the metal condition. Wood was poorly re-finished. Danny Patton stripped the old stain re-cut the checkering and re-oiled. He did a great job.

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Think the gun is nice enough to send out for barrel re-finish. Believe it’s a grade 3 correct me if wrong. Been working up 10 G loads from the Short 10 post.

William Davis

[Brian Dudley]

That gun is a grade 2. As it lacks sculpted bolsters. And has on drop points on the stock. A grade marking should be on the water table.

[Mills Morrison]

Very nice gun you have there.

[William Davis]

You are right I see it now on the main Parker site. Grade 2 or G . It has a Fish Tail Lever too.

Lot of drop to the stock, slip on pad and cheek piece from The Leatherman who displays at the Southern fit's pretty good

William

[CraigThompson]

Nice !

Patton does very nice work . He does all our stockwork now at the shop . For me he's done a few small things as well and I was always well pleased .

[CraigThompson]

Since it weighs 10 pounds I assume it's on a #3 frame ?

That one is very similar to my top lever Grade 2 #3 frame except your screws are in a bit better shape and my barrels are 32" .

[Jerry Harlow]

You are right I see it now on the main Parker site. Grade 2 or G . It has a Fish Tail Lever too.

Lot of drop to the stock, slip on pad and cheek piece from The Leatherman who displays at the Southern fit's pretty good

William

William,

In 10 Gauge they called them E for hammer and EH for hammerless for grade 2. Later in the 1900s they eventually called them GH in 10 if I remember correctly. Very nice gun. I have one just like it except for the fishtail lever.

[John Havard]

A wonderful gun!

[William Davis]

It's a 3 Frame.

Ran 100 + RST's through it at the Fall Southern. Been waiting to try my loads. The Charlie Cleveland recipe 1 1/8 oz 19 g Red Dot. 16 G fiber wad filler bottom of the Remington Shot cup. Found out 2 of the 4 places I shoot clays won't allow 10 g. Even though it's throwing 12 G target size loads.

Guess a rule is a rule, put in to keep shot fall zones in check. Be at my private spot next week shoot anything you can carry. I get the chokes as Full + and Mod + from simple measurement of the muzzles I/D. Still no way to get bore diamater below the chokes. Pattern plate will tell the true story. Shot cups ought to tighten it up too.

William

[Rick Losey]

and you wonder why non gun people come up with stupid laws

do they think a number 8 pellet fired from a 10 at 1200fps will go farther than it would out of a 12?

[William Davis]

It's Dumb I agree.

Skeet range is on a military base no bending any rule. Other is a public clays course sharply limited by county use permit rules. Basically they let him shoot what he shot before giving him a use permit nothing more. Very specific no pistols rifles or anything but 12 g and under target loads even down to shot size. Nearest house is miles away

My Club range we don't have any firearm restrictions but do have some silly ones. No club shooting past 3 pm on Sunday. Shooting past 3 pm is legal in the county. We have to have a member record all shots heard on Sunday after 3 make the rounds of 14 ranges Rifle Pistol and Shotgun record and confirm the sound did not club from a club range. Use permit does not say we have to go through that process, in fact we do because the local sheriff was showing up at the club gate anytime a gun went off nearby after 3

4th range is public, small scale Sporting clays course on a farmers property. He's been permitted since 1986 with day of the week and time of day limits. Drive down the road to the property several new neighbors, not farmers, city people that have moved to the quiet county, have signs saying "stop the noise" Nothing they can do he's legal.

It's a great clays course, high tower we shoot from several angles, mostly hand thrown targets lot of variety. Shots you don't find on commercial operations with limited space. We can turn or move the hand traps to vary shots week to week. Lucky to have it

Can't wait to get that 10 on tower shots

William

[Rick Losey]

have fun-

our club has a shot size limit on the skeet trap and clays - nothing bigger than a 6, I think, big enough I don't use it for the venues (you can pattern heavy loads at the outdoor pistol bays

and no shooting between sunset and 9AM - remarkably reasonable for NY


my favorite ever regulation was a club I shot at as a guest of a friend back in the 1970's. The club house and skeet fields were on the outside of a curve in the rural public road and the trap was inside the curve. the rule was that if you were shooting trap, and a car was coming up the road towards the club- you had to let far right targets go. Seems that drivers were upset with shot rattling off their windows :cuss:

seemed like a good rule to me

[Jack Kuzepski]

Don't feel bad the public range in Delaware has same rules, nothing larger than 12 ga and no shot size larger than 7-1/2.

Jack K

[CraigThompson]

Found out 2 of the 4 places I shoot clays won't allow 10 g. Even though it's throwing 12 G target size loads.


One of those places "Central Virginia" had no choice that was a rule placed upon them by the county .

Which was also the reason we were talking about going to the Flying Rabbit in Mount Crawford . I think Shennendale will also allow a 10 gauge .

At the gun club I belong to here in Orange as well as the little skeet club I'm a memer of in Ashland I shoot 10 gauge at them both . If and when I ever get an 8 gauge I'll shoot it there as well .

[CraigThompson]

no shooting between sunset and 9AM - remarkably reasonable for NY


When I first joined my local gunclub back in the mid 80's you could shoot trap or skeet 24 hours a day 7 days a week . And I hate to admit it but there were many nights I was out there shooting skeet at midnight .
Now they say nothing before 8AM or after 10PM .

[Dean Romig]

It's 9 to 9 at my club.

[Rick Losey]

When I first joined my local gunclub back in the mid 80's you could shoot trap or skeet 24 hours a day 7 days a week . And I hate to admit it but there were many nights I was out there shooting skeet at midnight .
Now they say nothing before 8AM or after 10PM .

Well I did misspeak- skeet and trap (and 5 stand which uses one of the skeet fields) at my club are open a couple days a week under lights to 9PM