The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[Researcher]

Dave, was the chamber length recorded on that 1-frame?

I don't recall. Perhaps Kevin McCormack or Bill Murphy remember.

[Bill Murphy]

We didn't measure the chambers on the #1 frame ten. I was afraid the chamber gauge would bust through the chamber walls. The chamber walls were very thin. The gun is in the Serialization Book, #71767, a 26" DH Grade. I've never seen another one.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

We didn't measure the chambers on the #1 frame ten. I was afraid the chamber gauge would bust through the chamber walls. The chamber walls were very thin. The gun is in the Serialization Book, #71767, a 26" DH Grade. I've never seen another one.

In your "book" it says the gun left the factory with 26" pipes ?

I bet that thing woulda made a heck of a dove quail gun . I also "assume" it was choked rather open ?

[Bill Murphy]

Yes, the gun left the factory with its 26" tubes. My little 27" DH ten on a #2 frame weighs 7 pounds, 8 ounces. I assume the 26" gun on the #1 frame weighs a bit less.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

We didn't measure the chambers on the #1 frame ten. The chamber walls were very thin. The gun is in the Serialization Book, #71767, a 26" DH Grade. I've never seen another one.

Does the stock book say anything about the gun possibly having been rechambered from a 12 to a 10 such as the subject gun in "The Parker Convertible" by George Purtill in the Autumn 2014 Issue of Parker Pages?

[Bill Murphy]

I have not seen the original order for this gun. Maybe our research committee would post a picture of the original order, or the stock book entry, to answer your question. I assume the SB entry was accessed from the original stock book entry, which apparently stated that the gun was made as a ten gauge.