I have only one Parker ten. It is a Grade-3 Lifter with 30" Damascus barrels on a three frame. I bought it at a flea market about two years ago. I use it for turkeys and waterfowl - this season for my first time in decades shooting waterfowl.

so far, one Parker - fishtail 2 frame hammer gun - 32 inch twist tubes, fairly good condition for its age.

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and a nice J P Clabrough found as a basket case in a PA antique shop, jammed locks, broken hammers and damascus barrels showing light rust on the outside but bright bores. a little luck and lot of work and it is ready for work again.

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Showed this picture in another thread. 32 inch 10s and a 34" eight. missing my lever action 10 ga Winchester.http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps9799b135.jpg

I have a few new short 10s. This one, American Arms, I have had for about a year and will be using this year for waterfowl along with my Parker Hammer 10.

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I have 3. All lifter hammer guns. 3 frame 32 in shot doves with it a couple of weeks ago. A 3 frame coach gun (19 in ) barrels with no choke. Patterns buck shot great. Plan to shoot a deer with it this fall. A 2 frame that is still under restoration. Carvel

Bill,
I bought it about 25 years ago from a guy in Duluth. #3 frame. I had Kirk Merrington resleeve it and chamber it for 3.5" magnums and choke it full and modified. With the advent of steel I took the chokes out to cylinder and cylinder and it patterns great with Fasteel. I can shoot an ounce and three eights load but the ounce and five eights just kicks too much. But if your on your lead the gun will easily dump a greenhead at 70 yards.
The beauty of the 10's is the short shot string.
It's got a big extender pad on it. The guy before me must have been short.I'm thinking of restocking it with a straight stock and a skeleton butt.
A friend of mine says you can stretch those old actions shooting those big shells but it hasn't happened yet and I don't think it will. Parker's are just too stout for that.
Tx,
Alan

allan how much does this gun weigh..i have a lc smith hammerless short ten.a lefever hammerless 10 aremington 1894 agrade with fluid still barrels. a d grade parker .a ph parker. 3 lifter parkers in short ten....charlie

Charlie,
8 pounds, 3 oz. not heavy enough for heavy steel loads, at least for me.
You have a nice brace of guns! I'll bet that Remington is a piece of work!
Alan

So does anyone shoot BP for waterfowl with their short 10?

not yet, but when the Parker 10 is all set, I have a good supply of brass 2 7/8 hulls