Will the 10 gauge challenge have hammer/hammerless categories?

Ed,

NO non of the side challenge events do. They are open to both hammer and hammerless Parkers and LC Smiths.
This is true for the 16 ga, 20 ga and the new 10 ga events for the five stand challenges.

Again only for Parkers and LC Smiths.

All my best,

John

We'll be there!!!!!! Looking forward to it.

I don't have a Parker short ten (at least not yet) but I do have three Remington short ten hammer guns. Two of them are 2 5/8" and one is 2 7/8".

Required Parker content: the only 10 gauge all-brass shells I can find are the Parker reproductions from Track of the Wolf. I bought some to make black powder shells, but they aren't cheap - over $7 each. Ouch! Wish there was a less expensive source.

This is a great, long-lasting thread!

jack you can buy plastic hulls 3 1/2 10 ga hulls cut them to lengtgh desired and use smokeless powder...pete lester has lots of loads listed we all use on this site...but if black powder is your game them brass shells are the way to go....charlie

Loading some now for Pheasants--10ga under lifter!!

If you don't want to use brass you can use paper hulls. Federal and Fiocchi make nice paper shells. Then you don't need to deal with plastic fouling in your bbls. Use fiber/card wads too and the bbls will be cleaner.

In 10 gauge? that would be great

My bad, I was thinking 12g. If I loaded BP for 10g I'd try to find paper hulls or use plastic hulls with fiber/card wads. If they were used hulls, I'd throw them out after using it as the heat from the BP may make the plastic deteriorate.

Ballistic Products is selling plastic, new, primed Federal 10g hulls that can be cut down.

https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Fe...tinfo/0621035/




Review:
Tough hulls! 7/10/2014
Im running black powder thru these hulls. I made a handloading set and reload them with steel and lead. 95-100 gr. 2F bp. I have 5 reloads and the hulls still have at least 3 more left. Great, great product
- Josephine Sullivan, ME