8 GAUGE BRASS SHELL TURKEY LOADS

[Harry Collins]

Wayne,

I fully appreciate your trepidation. I worked my way into shooting Damascus and Twist Parker's very slowly. With all we have learned I have come to the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that Parker's are all near equally as strong. I have two 1881 Twist Parker underleavers that take off the shelf shotgun shells. The 10 gauge is difficult to find 2 7/8" shells for, but the 12 gauge lives on a diet of off the shelf 1 oz loads at 1200 fps or below. Just try not to flinch as you grow a custom to the strength of Parker barrels.

Harry

[Bill Murphy]

Wayne, go on the Alliant site and look at the Blue Dot loads for ten gauge to get a "feel" for what charges you like. In the bigger eight gauge hole, the loads recommended for ten gauge should come in at a lower pressure. In the lighter shot charge, a lot lower. I have 30 RMC brass shells, but have not used them yet. My Parker hammer gun was also shipped in 1894, to Tryon in Philadelphia. It is serial number 76,470. Is your number close to that?

[WHO]

Bill,
The serial number is 79884. The gun was shipped one day after the order was received to C. H. Tucker in Wakefield, RI. The gun was returned 20 years later by A. L. Lamphere from Stonington, CT. Thanks for your help.

[WHO]

After loading my first/lightest 8 gauge load, the overshot wad ended up 1 1/4" from the end of the brass shell. Does anyone know if shooting the shell "as is" will create a problem? In order to get the overshot wad close to the end of the shell, I would need to put 2 additional 1/2" thick cushion wads below the shot. Wouldn't this increase the pressure and maybe affect the shot pattern. Any thoughts?