Harry,

I have a dozen Parker 10's and none are choked over .040". If fact most are closer to .030". That Chain Damascus Elsie is tight!

PS: I also have a 1960 Beretta Silverhawk 3.5" ten which has been "opened up" to .040"!

Mark

I shoot two Elsie short tens, an Ideal and a Pigeon.
Why don't you guys shoot your shot tens at the AHFCA Bo Whoop station at Hausmann's ?? I bet someone could even organize a little side bet?? Would be fun and you would be supporting the AHFCA. Craig

Craig,

I'd like to see your Pigeon Grade 10. I do hope you'll bring it to Hausmann's!

Oh, good suggestion about shooting a Short Ten in the the Bo Woop challange. Are all the other Short Ten shooters reading this?

Mark

After a couple of years shooting the Bo Whoop with twelves, this year I may bring an eight along.

Mark: I will bring the Pigeon 10, I am very excited you will be at Hausmann's. WOW Bill an 8 bore would be cool+++. Craig

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ok i will bring my 3 frame NH 30 in. choked .038 in both barrels with an 1 1/8 th 7 1/2's. maybe i will hit half if i have any luck :shock: :rotf:, scott

10's Rule!!!!!!!! Did Parker make any other ga.
Dave

Craig, as long as you are taking pictures, let's see a picture of the Ideal Grade. Too bad the pictures of the Ideal Ten Pair didn't turn out. Some day we'll try again.

Count me in......although the only one I have at the moment is being restored...

I once had (traded) a Damascus Hammer Elsie 10 gauge with 9 pound barrels, choked
55/1000 in both barrels. Yes. I measured and weighed them.
Shot a round of skeet one night with it. Hit about half, but when you hit them, they just disappeared!
Sam Ogle, Lincoln, NE

Up to 30 of us now.

My Parker tens serve any purpose. They have barrel lengths from 27" to 34", and weights from 7 1/4 pounds to 13 1/2 pounds. To be honest, though, the 13 1/2 pounder is a 3 1/2" chamber gun.

You can count me in.

GHE-32

I have a #2 frame 10 with 2 5/8" chambers and 28" barrels from the factory in 1875.
Great gun for clays. David

Yes here, I cut of the 3 1/2s and load the 2 7/8 for Ducks and Clays

I've got a 10 ga. Parker hammer gun with 30" barrels and the #3 frame. Also have a Lefever E grade hammerless in 10 ga. Both guns have 3" chambers.

Jack Kuzepski

EH #2 frame 32" barrels # 56530, always fun to shoot at black ducks with brass hulls an black powder under nice shot

Bill: Here is the Ideal 10ga, bookend to yours. Craig
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/ideal_rt.jpg

36 if I have counted right, no wonder the prices on the 10's is going up :)

10 gauge
 

Make that an occasional 37. Tom

I shoot three shorties.


DH #3 frame

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EH #2 frame (earliest reported hammerless)

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Dollar grade #2 frame hammer top lever with original length 28" tubes. A very "brown" gun. Before daylight the morning this was taken the gun went to the bottom of the shallow playa lake. I grubbed around and found it covered with mud and waterlogged. Shook it out, put a couple shells in and went about my business. Great fun!

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Joe, that grade 2 is fabulous! The Grade 3 looks pretty doggone nice too.

The Grade 3 looks to be Damascus too... is it?

Dean, they're all damascus (I don't trust fluid steel). The DH and EH are in high original condition. The EH was shipped from the factory on December 26, 1888. I did have the barrels on the EH refinished. But the wood and action are factory original.

Me too: I Have some.

Some...... :rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

Here is gen3 this evening claiming ownership to my Parker 10 as he tests it out...... Please add 1 more to the Parker 10ga shooter count here in my world.

Patrick

Joe,

Your post with the photos was the best single post I've seen in any thread! Those outstanding photos and very clear and concise information tell a wonderful story.

Respectfully,
Mark

Count me in. EH (1893). Deadly on clays, doves, and quail.
Mark

Counting 40 of us short ten shooters so far.

Better add me to the list before the gun sells. Thomas

My 1890ish Baker hammer gun is a 2-7/8" and my 1879 Parker Grade 2 is 2-5/8". I just tried out Sherman Bell's one ounce loads and they really are fun to shoot!

Count me in - DH 10, Damascus, 1891. It's my constant companion every Spring for quite a few years now.

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1878 PT 10
 

This old Parker has 2&5/8" chambers. I have 10 RMC cases for it. The bird was dropped at about 30 yards with an ounce and a half of #4s pushed by an equal measure of FFg.

short 10
 

Count me in. Have two. Not Parkers-sorry. W C SCOTT hammer gun and a Continental hammer gun. Hunt ducks and geese and turkeys.

Count me in. NH 32" barrels

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Is there any place to purchase 2 7/8" hulls for the 10ga?

Les not that Ive found we trim them with some members tool 3/4 dowell with X-acto knife blade stuck in it if you haven't seem it hollar and I'll put pictures on. who ever figured it out is "double barrel smart" ch

Les, I've purchased 3 1/2" new Remington 10's (Empties) and had them trimmed to 2 7/8". Ballistic Products, or Precision Reloading (?) carry them. Hope this helps. Mark

2 7/8" was the chamber length for 3" shells.
Remember, Parker Bros. cut the chambers 1/8" shorter than the shells to be used for a better gas seal.

has any body ever seen a 3 inch 10 ga shell...all ive ever seen is the boxes marked 2 7/8 inch or shorter...then again ive not seen every thing ... charlie