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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen
When the pellet count is only two digits, a leading 3 is implied. In that the heaviest 10-gauge shells UMC was producing at the time Model 1894s were being built, were 1 1/4 ounce, I feel pretty safe in concluding the 10-gauges were patterned with the same 1 1/4 ounce of #8c as the 12-gauges. And, I'm equally convinced the 16-gauges were patterned with one ounce of #8c.
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Dave you are a wealth of information and I would seldom ever disagree with you but in the case of what load was used by Remington to pattern model 1894 10 gauges I do. If you look on page 258 of Semmer's book he discussed the 1 1/4 ounce of 8's being used to pattern 12ga guns but he goes on to say 10 and 16 gauge guns were different and that he thinks larger shot was used in the 10 gauge.
I agree with him because if the same load was used then each 10 gauge 1894 I have seen threw a more open pattern than the average 12ga 1894 and 1900. Look at my picture, do you think that 10ga threw a more open pattern with .045 and .046 of choke and .792 bores than that 12ga with .024 of choke? Looking at the stamps on those lugs that is what a leading 3 would imply for the same load being used and there is no way that would happen then or will happen today.
If they used 1 1/4 ounce of 7 1/2's in a 10 gauge and a leading 3 is implied, my 10 ga in that picture would have patterned 326 out of 423 (77%) and 345 our of 423 (81.5%). It patterned 92.5% and 93% with a modern load of #6 so I think the numbers are realistic.