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Originally Posted by Frank Cronin (Post 149151)

Quite an impressive group of 10's you have.

Pretty stout loads too. This is about 4 1/4 dram black powder load. 2F or 3F? When you say you fill the rest of the hull with shot, how much we talking here?

Love shooting black myself in the 5 frame hammer with 34" barrels. It's fun and it never gets old.

Frank,
It probably ends up about an ounce and a quarter of shot. I loaded 2 f last time.
The barrels are so stout (in your #5 frame also) it would take a lot more pressure to hurt them.
Your right, it never gets old. It's always fun and always a crowd pleaser.

Alan, tell us more about your sleeved ten.

Yup, Frank knows about pleasing the crowds with his big 10 and BP loads. The ground shakes - the sky grows dark as his clouds obscure the sun - and the earth moves perceptibly.

Me to Turkeys and Crows.

Amazing this post goes back to May of 2011. I have added two guns to my collection of short tens since-----two No. 3 Elsies. I found a great grade 2 hammerless 10ga Parker at Hausmann's this spring, a friend bought it. What have other short ten shooters have you added since 2011??
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Originally Posted by Paul Harm (Post 74632)

Will, I have a BE, CE, and FE grade Remingtons. The CE has Etoile pattern damascus. If ever you need parts call Garland Jackson at 330-669-2138 [ he's in Sterling, Oh ] or Brad Bachelder at 616-459-3636, a master gunmaker in grand Rapids, Mi. Garland makes the most beautiful top lever springs for about $28 delivered . Brad is completely restoreing a 1873 Remington hammer lifter for me right now. He's also done damascus barrels, relayed ribs, and case coloring for me. The 73 needed a new stock and he knows a fellow with a bunch of original Remington stocks - I couldn't believe it. Those Remingtons were proofed for any shell [ for that time period ], so any kind of mild load will work just fine. For my Parker 10's I use 18grs of 700X, a SP-10 wad with 16ga filler cards and 1 or 1 1/8oz of shot. This is in a Remington hull cut to 2 5/8. Good luck.

I was just about to post pictures of my entire collection of short tens, but then this "quote" thing came up.

Just saw this thread, count me in.
Parkers---NH & EH 30" 3 frame, DH 32" 2 frame(with additional 32" 12 ga Vulcan steel bbls). Grade 2 Lifter 32" 3 frame, Grade 2 top lever 32" 3 frame, Grade 3 top lever 32" 4 frame. Nichols/Lefever E Grade 34". Lefever F Grade 32", Remington 1894 Grade 2 32", Remington 1889 Grade 4 12 ga 30"(with additional 10 gauge 30" steel bbls).

Okay, I admit it, I acquired a few vintage 10 gauges...
17 Parkers
5 LC Smiths
3 Lefevers
1 Henry Atkin
1 Ithaca 10 Magnum, does this one count if I shoot short ten shells in it?

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Originally Posted by Mark Ouellette (Post 149174)

Okay, I admit it, I acquired a few vintage 10 gauges...
17 Parkers
5 LC Smiths
3 Lefevers
1 Henry Atkin
1 Ithaca 10 Magnum, does this one count if I shoot short ten shells in it?

any ducks or geese left around there?? :rolleyes:

Just found this thread too. Count me in as a big fan of the short ten. Loading brass shells for ducks and geese right now.