To the top again in view of the post asking about short 10's. With the 26 inch original Damascus barrel, this is a short 10.
An interesting comment in one of the Askin's books circa 1900 is that ruffed grouse hunters are recommended to use a short barreled 10 ga with cylinder bores and loads of 1 1/4 oz of No. 9 or 10 shot. That is what this gun is.
However, even with the short barrels, it is still about 7 1/2 lbs. A bit heavy for me to want to carry long in grouse thickets.
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