I looked Stevens up on the internet and found that Sr and Jr were NH politicians and local leaders.

The gun had fallen upon hard times and changed hands a lot at the gunshow cordwood tables, kind of like the posts we see here: " I got me this here old gun, it says Parker, what is it and how much kin ah git fur it". It was mistreated and decrepit. First Austin Hogan then me poured effort and money into the gun....its been a project but it shoots well and looks pretty good now, I think. Heavy gun with the thick walled 12ga barrels and I've shot some heavy loads through it that would make an 870 owner proud. The 10's are light uplands and I've used them with RST loads when I want to throw a lot of shot in a wide pattern, but I usually use a tight choked 16ga. Its still a 7 3/4lb gun with the 10's so its not light.

You got me Bill. The triggers are in their usual orientation.

Nice gun Bruce. Pouring money into one because you like it, good to know, I don't feel so alone. I remember a thread a while back. I think this guy was the City Clerk in Dover and is buried in nearby Pine Hill cemetery. Stevens is a pretty common name but I wonder if a fella I know who likes to hunt, Wally Stevens is related.

If you reload you can thow as little as 1 ounce through a short ten. If you want to up the payload no 16ga is going to come close if it's choked right. Light tens are just that, light for a ten.

It looks very nice indeed Bruce. The wood is spectacular. Hats off to you and Austin for resurrecting it.

I took the office scales home and weighed the #2 frame 1881 10 gauge at 8 3/4 pounds.

Harry

I just brought home a PW 375 ten gauge loader, have tons of components as well as more than a few Parker tens, light and heavy. My favorites may turn out to be the 28" lifter guns, very lightly choked and obviously made for birds and close ducks. What fun.

I have never thougt about a lite ten but you fellas got me thinking about them...maybe I could hit some doves if I had one...ha....that is a nice gun bruce has....charlie

Theres 4 , #2 frame 10 gauges on GB if you want to pick one up Charlie haha .
3 hammerless ones and a lifter . Seems they weigh around 8.5lbs

I have a set of 2-feame 30” ten-gauge Damascus barrels with reverse chokes that I fitted to my 1898 2-frame DH.




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