[Paul Harm]

When over to Bachelders Friday and picked up my Grade 4 1873 Remington hammer lifter. He did a beautiful job restoring it. Also took along my 1882 Remington hammer gun and Parker lifter - both 10ga. Had them both taken out to 2 7/8" chambers. We got back to the club in time to try them - wanted to see if the Parker still kicked so bad. Was shooting 18.5grs of 700X, SP-10 wad, and 1 1/16 oz of shot. Finally, no excessive recoil with the Parker. Now I can shoot the same shells with any of my 10ga guns, and by starting with the 2 7/8 when the ends go bad I can trim them and keep on using them. The cost of those new 10ga shells are too high not to reuse them as much as possible.