The Mighty Short Ten

[Ed Blake]

Pete I have no doubt that the Parker 10s (of which I don't own) border on the mystical in their clay crushing abilities, but I would have to say that it's probably the "nut behind the bolt" that does the trick. I'll bet you can do the same thing with a 12.

[Harry Collins]

Pete,

You are spot on. Those 10 gauge Parkers are nothing less than magicians wand and work so wonderfully with lite loads. We used to play cames like chip and out, killer, buddy and a few others for money and if you got lucky you could pay for the shooting. I didn't have a 10 in those day, but i'm sure everyone would have cried foul.

Harry

[10 bore]

nothen better than the 10 for the hunting we do(pete,bob,bill). the 12 does not shoot as well or hit as hard with the bigger shot as the 10. i have done alot of shooting with my light 10 and heavy 10 the last few years and i am still in awe in what it can do at the long shot.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

Pete I have no doubt that the Parker 10s (of which I don't own) border on the mystical in their clay crushing abilities, but I would have to say that it's probably the "nut behind the bolt" that does the trick. I'll bet you can do the same thing with a 12.

Ed, same nut behind the butt here reporting. I own several long barreled tight choke 12's. They do not and I believe can not break the targets as hard and consistently hard as the short 10 at long range. There is a huge difference. I shot registered trap for 15 years and shot nothing less than 1 1/8 7.5's for everything. I have observed tens or thousands of breaks. There appears to be no making up for the efficiencies of the larger bore.