BREAKING IN A 130 YEAR OLD GUN

[charlie cleveland]

looks like that old 10 even though she s a century plus old can still git out and do what her great great great grandkids can do and with style for sure...thats a great picture with the geese and the ten together..what did youre load consist of and what was the yards the geese taken at.. wish i coulda been there with my old ten... charlie

[C.O.B.]

I doubt anything being made currently will be around in 130 years let alone be usefull. It appears your gun has a nice stick of wood on it. Congrats on breaking her in

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

looks like that old 10 even though she s a century plus old can still git out and do what her great great great grandkids can do and with style for sure...thats a great picture with the geese and the ten together..what did youre load consist of and what was the yards the geese taken at.. wish i coulda been there with my old ten... charlie

Charlie,

Using Sir Sherman Bell's number 11 load: Remington black letter case, Winchester 209, 29 grains of Universal Clays, 1.5 ounces of shot. Supposed to be 8300 psi and a slow 1161 fps.

Brids were about 35 yards, right modified and left full. I do not think I have killed a bird dead yet with the American E, I am sorry to say. Maybe it's me, maybe it's the load. But I don't think so. You can take a pair of pliars and crush this shot back to the powder it was formed from. I've had nothing but good luck with Bismuth.

Wish you could have been there also. I made a half-dozen calls trying to find someone to go and they all refused. Their beds were too warm I believe. But this way I did not have anyone claiming my birds!