I got a #2 frame NH 30 inch barrels 8 pounds 8 ounces.

i have a 2 frame 30 in. EH at 8 lb 12 oz's and a 3 frame 30 in. and 32 in. NH that is 10 lb's even . scott

My little factory original 27" ten on a #2 frame was ordered at 7 pounds, 8 ounces. My #6 frame 34" ten weights 13 pounds, 8 ounces. There is a pretty wide margin of weight difference in ten gauge Parkers. One 26" ten on a #1 frame has been seen, but we did not weigh it. Maybe our research committee will tell us the finished weight of this gun, #71,767, a DH grade.

The lightest Parker Bros. 10-gauge that has come to light, that I know of, is the 1-frame DH-Grade a gent brought to the PGCA Booth during The Vintage Cup at Sandanona a couple different years. Ron Kirby checked the records on the gun and it was a rightious, very light, 10-gauge. The gun was in pretty well used and in rough shape, and lets just say the thoughts on the value of it by the owner and PGCA members present were widely divergent.

Jim Malone had a monster of a standard ten in CH- or CHE-Grade on a big frame with very long barrels but I don't remember the exact specs. I want to say 5-frame and 38-inch, but I may be off on that. Someone who knows will be along.

Hmmm.... Great minds.....

The C grade is a 38" as I recall, but I don't know the frame size, I'll guess a standard #3.

The big mystery in Parker tens is the date and serial number of the first ten made with 3 1/2" chambers meant for the modern Super-X shells. We would have to read the stock book copies and maybe even those would not tell us. My #6 frame gun has 3 1/2" chambers in pre Remington barrels, but I don't know what year they were installed on the gun. I don't know of a pre-Remington ten that can be documented as a 3 1/2" magnum.

A 10 gauge will put a 12 to shame in certain situations. I've been the "nut behind the bolt" on one too many times to not believe it. Doing some shooting with a friend down south this spring and started with a magnum 12 gauge which did alright, finally ran out of cartridges and switched to a magnum 10. The difference was so great that even I was amazed, the effective range and ultimate outcome was extended by a good 10 yards at the very least. A standard 10 will do the same for you against a standard 12 as long as you're doing your part of the deal.

Destry

My 32" 12ga hammer gun does the same as Pete describes at long range after everyone else has missed a clay. I love doing that! Folks can't believe it. I'm am going to have to try the same thing with my 10ga. That will be big fun.

Mine is a hammergun with 30" barrels on a #2 frame and 2 5/8" chambers with a wedge forearm serial #13979. Maybe the last one with a wedge forearm ? Because of the cost of new Remington hulls, I cut a hull to 2" to see if I could just trim the hulls everytime they went bad from reloading. Think I found a way to get many more reloads from a shell.