Turkey season opened Oct 1, went out with the 10 gauge NH and my 1 1/4 oz. handloads. Was fortunate and took 2 birds over the next 2 days 12# hen @ 25yards and a 17# jake @ 35yards, one shot each The gun and loads performed flawlessly. I guess the VHE 16 ga 30" F/F will be semi retired except for those long walk way back in turkey hunts. The 10 sure is a fun gun to shot. My Dad was right along time ago when he touted the benefits of his 10 ga LC Smith as the perfect water fowl gun I should have paid more attention, I'm sold now.

good going there..your dad was right no better duck and turkey gun than a 10 ga... i take the old 10 out for turkey and squirls and deer pretty often... charlie

Doesn't make a half bad dove gun either provided the birds are flying well !

You know as I accumulate more 10 gauge and 16 gauge guns I'm starting to think about giving Ponsness Warren a call !

I know they'll put together an 800 in 16 gauge for me but I'm wondering if they can rig up an 800 or 1000 for 10 gauge 2 7/8" shells !

Of course I'd keep the pair of 600Jr's for buckshot and possibly roundballs . But for uhm bird or skeet/trap loads a PW 800 would be wonderfull !

With the 800 I could load 100 shells in about 30 minutes taking my time ! Same amount with a 600Jr would be about 2 hours .

I just sent PW and email asking if they'd modify a new 800 or 1000 loader for 10 gauge 2 7/8" !

A new 1000 is $900 with $30 additional for 10 gauge so I assume if they'd do the work the price would be about $1000 to $1100 .

you get that new fangled loading machine you may have to start loading for all of us..it will give us more time to hunt with the ten ga..boy 4 boxes an hour is something... charlie

With a PW 800 or 1000 that cycles 10 gauge 2 7/8" shells smoothly 600 shells and hour should be no big deal :cool:

man that thing would spit out shells better than a big 50 browning.. charlie

I thought I was a high volume short ten shooter, I average probably 1000 rounds a year. Half of that at crows, most of the other half at clays and maybe 100 rounds at waterfowl. I have found it pretty easy to stay supplied using a single stage 10ga MEC. How many rounds of short ten are you shooting annually and at what?

I would say I shoot maybe 500-750 rounds a year of the 10 gauge and it's mostly skeet , trap and Jap Trap . Sometimes I might take it on a dove shoot thats no more then 50 rounds . Also some buckshot !

I just like PW equipment !

But regardless of whether I was able to get a PW 800/1000 I would still need a PW 375 or 600JR for buck loads and possibly slug loads if I ever get around to that !

Loading buckshot on a PW 800 is a capital PITA .

Since I got that little 600JR 16 gauge loader I'm now wishing I'd gotten a 650 instead so I could knock 100-200 of them out quick . But then it would be difficult for the buck loads .

You gotta understand my FIRST shotgun loaders were PW 800B's and 800C's so ANY single stage loader seems slow to me .

I may be the only shotgun shooter in history that started out with the Rolls Royce of shotgun loaders and then went to the Ford Pinto of shotgun reloaders !