Not exactly Parker but have questions
 

Hello, I have been reading over your forum for several days now and I have not found all of the answers I am looking for.

The gun that lead me here is not a Parker but rather a Winchester Model 1901 in 10 gauge. These guns have the 2 7/8" chambers.

In search for my answers people told me about this page.

I am looking for loads that are safe in this gun which is rated for smokeless loads.

I would love to find a decent hunting load for duck and geese as well as normal shooting loads.

Reading over your thread on 2 7/8 10g shells I found a couple decent normal shooting loads but not much in the way of duck hunting. Maybe I have missed it.

I cannot seem to find the PDF of all the load data that is talked about on the mentioned thread.

I hope that me posting this does not go against any rules.

Thank you for your time,

Joe

lovely gun....an 1 1/4 ounce of bismuth would be a good duck or goose load....some where some one posted this load and hunted with it and done well....maybe someone will come forward with the load....charlie

Thank you. I am new to reloading for a shotgun so I am still reading up on everything and trying to learn what I can. I have been reloading for my other guns for many years. Mostly cowboy action guns.

My 10 ga 2 7/8" guns seems to like 1 3/8oz of bismuth 2s.

I load ITX shot in 10 and 12g for ducks and geese.

Y’all using number 4 or 6 or??

Which powders do you prefer ?

I haven't fired my Winchester Model 01 but it is in my future plans.

My Short Tens love 26 grains of WSF and 1.25oz of bismuth.

See https://parkerguns.org/forums/showth...&highlight=Wsf

-Victor

Hope you get to soon.

Thank you.

If you can find any my usual bismuth load is 30 grains of SR7625 but be aware IMR/Hodgdon quit selling that powder close to ten years ago now . Anyway I use thirty grains of that with 1 1/4 ounces shot and an SP-10 wad . And a couple red beans as fill . I used to use a 1/8” 16 gauge card under the shot but the red beans are easier quicker and cheaper than the cards .

Very interesting. Never thought of using red beans.

Right now I have some green dot, Unique and a few other powders that could be used for shotgun.

Green Dot and Unique are fine for short tens. Green Dot especially for the light shot loads, Unique for the heavier shot loads. You won't need anything else. I will try to shoot my 01 this weekend, for the first time. I have owned her for maybe ten or fifteen years. If I survive, I will report back.

Haha.. Well I hope you and the gun survive and looking forward to your results.