The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[Alan B. Webber]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

Just curious how many of us are actively shooting a Parker short 10 in any grade? I know of Scott Kittredge, Bill Janelle, Bob Fabian, Rick Weik, Mark Ouellette, Charlie Cleveland, Bill Murphy, Frank Cronin and myself. Just curious how popular the moribund 2 7/8" 10ga is among us.

I shoot two #6 frame d grades, one hammerless, one hammer. BP and smokeless.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Alan B. Webber

I shoot two #6 frame d grades, one hammerless, one hammer. BP and smokeless.

Do you have any pictures of your 6 frame 10 gauges ? I always like seeing them so far I think ive saw perhaps 5 or 6 of them .

Currently I have 2 short 10 gauges my 6 frame NH and my grade 2 top action hammer gun. After carrying the 6 frame a 3 frame feels like a 16 gauge .

[Bill Murphy]

My #6 frame NH Twist Steel is an impressive gun, but not much fun to carry. As I recall, this is the ten in my collection with factory lettered 3 1/2" chambers. I'm in the middle of starting to reload for the short ten, first time in about ten years. I have two loaders on the bench, a MEC and a PW 375, but can't get any good crimps on cut off hulls. I will load with an over shot wad, sealed with Elmer's wood glue. Testing will tell whether the top wad in the left barrel will move after firing the right barrel. I've loaded eights for years with a top wad and no crimp, so I expect the tens to exhibit about the same result.