The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[Steve Hastie]

Add one more to the Gang
I still use my short ten. For wildfowl, it has a fishtail and it is a #3 frame. At the moment it is in the gunsmiths for a replacement stock I dropped it and broke it, which I replaced a few years back because the original stock was to short. I still have the original stock.

From where the sun don't shine

[MarketHunter]

Do you roll your own cartridges Steve? At one time Kent made a short 10 gauge loaded with their TM shot But they were only available in the UK.

Destry

[Steve Hastie]

Hi destroy
Yeah I load my own cartridges for this gun, I have not found any Taylor made cartridges over here, I think there to expensive. But I live in hope?
Steve

[SXS OHIO]

I should not read this stuff!...Now I have to pay for that sweet Ithica short 10 I just bought from our guns for sale thread. The way I see's it... you are all to BLAME. All that talk about how everyone needs a short ten!, what great turkey guns they are, how much fun they are to shoot, they can fold a goose across lake erie with the right load of nice shot and it goes on and on. Now I will need a loader and hulls SXS ohio

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Kenny Graft

I should not read this stuff!...Now I have to pay for that sweet Ithica short 10 I just bought from our guns for sale thread. The way I see's it... you are all to BLAME. All that talk about how everyone needs a short ten!, what great turkey guns they are, how much fun they are to shoot, they can fold a goose across lake erie with the right load of nice shot and it goes on and on. Now I will need a loader and hulls SXS ohio

great buy Kenny, can't wait to see the game pictures taken with it



and - and all in fun - as someone who grew up not far from there - Phonics are great (my one daughter had a tshirt that said "hukked on foniks wurks for me"


Ithaca, people,---- its Ith-A -ca

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Originally Posted by Kenny Graft

Ithica short 10 can fold a goose across lake erie with the right load of nice shot SXS ohio

Kenny,

A short ten with the right load of Nice Shot #2 or BB will fold a goose way further than that. In fact one has to get a launch permit from the FFA before shooting that load. The FFA doesn't want to loose any airliners. It treats a short ten with Nice Shot like one of those hobby rockets that will climb to 5000 feet!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_...Transportation
An amateur rocket has a total impulse of 200,000 lb-s or less, and cannot reach an altitude of 150 km above sea level. If a rocket exceeds these capabilities (or if it has a person on-board), it is considered licensable.[4]
Amateur rockets come in 3 classes, and the regulations applied to each class increase as you move up through the classes. The following list describes the general regulations.
Class 1—Model Rockets do not require approval to be launched, and are legal so long as they are launched in a safe manner.
Class 2—High-Power Rockets require approval to enter National Airspace. Information regarding the rocket and where it will be launched must be provided to obtain this approval.
Class 2A-Short Ten with Nice Shot
Class 3—Advanced High-Power Rockets require approval to enter National Airspace. More advanced information about the rocket (such as the dynamic stability profile) and operations is required to obtain this approval.
Class 4-Eight Gauge shot from Parker Brothers shotgun.
Once a rocket exceeds amateur rocket criteria, it is considered "Licensed," which means it requires either a License or Experimental Permit in order to fly.

Mark

[6pt-Sika]

I was under the impression "Nice Shot" wasn't readily available .

[MarketHunter]

My problem with shooting a short 10 gauge very much is shells, just like everybody else who doesn't load. I had a small inventory, but had actually been tempted to sell them because I just wasn't using any of my short 10 gauges. I'd given my lifter over to a friend so all I had left was my D grade hammer gun. Then I took the D grade out a couple times, and I'm wanting to take it more. Of course those couple trips put a serious dent in what ammo I had available. Wish you could still shoot lead legally, I've got about three cases of that.......

[Richard Flanders]

You got one hell of a deal on that Ithaca Kenny. You'll be laughing in a few years if you keep it. If I needed another short 10 I'd have grabbed it in a hearbeat the minute I read the post.

[Cold Spring]

Well I have to tell you boys that over the years I ferreted out seven Super 10's in ~ original condition. I just couldn't pass up one that was unmolested. Three went to three friends. Kenny bought the fourth. That leaves three and I probably only need two. If and when I decide to move that one my plans are to put it on the Members FS site. Thanks for your understanding.