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I recently acquired an EH 10ga. 30" and finally got out this afternoon to shoot it. Been raining and 45 degrees for several days here on the Gulf Coast and the sun finally peeked out and we saw 60 today. An unfired shotgun is always a motivator! Stopped and picked up a case of clays and headed to the club. After spending the weekend 2 weeks ago with an 0 frame 16 chasing quail this felt like swinging a telephone pole! BUT, I didn't buy it to hunt quail. I'm looking forward to those high flying White Wings of September.
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Nice ! I’m kinda partial to EH’s myself .
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Nice wood the the early Grade 2's. 10's are big fun congratulations!
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A very early hammerless 10 ga. ,is it on a 2 frame ? i think it would be one of the 1st runs of hammerless 10 's made. i think the early hammerless guns were 12's on 2 frames so they made a lot of early 10's on the same frame to get some out there to the customers ???
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It is on a #2 frame. I was pleasantly surprised on the wood, better than the pics I saw. I think this is a "first year" hammerless from what I have found.
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nice gun should be murder on those white wings this fall....charlie
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That gun could smoke a turkey this spring season.
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I've never killed a turkey with a shotgun. My idea of spring turkey hunting is driving a South Texas property with a bull barrel varmint rifle and a cold cerveza. I actually rarely shoot one, prefer to just watch. A Pecos variety wild turkey isn't much on the eating side (small and tough as an old boot, breast only part really edible) but a beautiful creature and it's fascinating to watch the spring ritual.
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A 2 frame! Wow. That would make a fantastic waterfowler. Look forward to the stories this coming fall. I've been with Bruce Day when he used his light 10 on quail!
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He and Charlie H and I were actually hunting pheasants in Kansas but a quail got up and Bruce took it with his 10 with a long crossing shot. I think it's a 2-frame.
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They'd stone you to death for showing up on a South Texas quail hunt with a 10 ga.! I usually shoot an O frame 26" 16 ga. lite mod/IC or one of several pretty open choke 20s I have. Most of my group shoots 28s and razz me when I show up with a 16. Besides, to hunt quail with a 10 I'd want a gun bearer. Even this 2 frame is more than I want to carry in the brush.
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once in time the 10 ga was the favorite of all shotguns...it was used as a quail gun....my dad almost got to buy a lc smith 10 ga hammerless with 26 inch impr. cly both barrels it was used as a quail gun....charlie
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That's certainly what the used gun market reflects. Seems like any time period I'm interested in buying you have to look harder for 10s while tripping over 12s. Many more 12s than small bores as well. I've personally seen 1 .410 hammer SxS, 0 28s, 0 20s, 2 16s and a boatload of 12s, a few 10s, an 8 and a 4. Granted I'm probably underexposed, just need to spend more time and $$ on my habit!.......My wife would disagree........at length.
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I still haven't figured out how many is "enough". I'm still chasing an 0 frame 26" 16 Damascus among others.
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I've got a VH, lusting for a clean Damascus.
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My Prussian Daly 10 is a 26" bird gun that weighs 6 pounds, 4 ounces, Krupp steel barrels. I describe it as "My favorite grouse gun" although I have never shot a grouse with it.
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