Parker 10 gauge 3 1/2"
 

I've been reading The two volume Parker books on and off for a week or so now . In volume 1 in the grade chapters I saw pics of a VHE 10 gauge that's stamped for 3 1/2" shells . I was wondering is there an estimate how many 10's were stamped for the big shells and not just V grade but for all grades combined .

i don t know how many were made but there cannot be many of them out there.i ve only heard of 3 mentioned here on the netand have never seen one come up for sale...charlie

There is really no way to know how many ten gauge Parkers were 3 1/2" chambered guns from the late era. In theory, we could read all of the IBM cards and stock book entries, but we would miss a lot of entries that are no longer with us.

Didn't Alex Kerr have an AHE in 10 magnum. I thought I saw it mentioned in one of his articles.

Where was this article by Alex Kerr? It sounds like something he would order. I know of three mag tens in our membership, two being rebarrels of earlier guns, one originally made at Remington or Parker Brothers as a mag ten. There must be more out there, because I don't get out much. One other steel barrel rebarrel has what are probably factory 3 1/2" chambers, but do not have the late Remington barrel lug marking. Guns like my recently acquired factory 3 1/2" chambered ten on a #6 frame will probably digest modern 3 1/2" shells, but were not intended for them. I would like to measure the wall thickness at various points along the tube on an original Remington marked mag ten and compare to some of the rebarrels that are not marked 3 1/2".

I definitely remember it was an A grade as you don't forget a magnum 10 in a high grade but it escapes me where I read it but it could be in a Guns & Ammo article. It would be an article from the late 80's or later.Is there an index for the Guns & Ammo magazines for that era? I'm also sure it was Alex Kerr.

we gotta find this articule on the a grade 10 ga magnum....charlie

Two years ago I was offered a Parker AHE 10 Gauge magnum but it was not in my budget...

bet you still dream about this gun...charlie

I remember a steel barrel AHE-Grade 10-gauge being displayed at the winter Las Vegas show a decade or more ago when the PGCA had a presence there.