The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[Bill Murphy]

Good point, Carl. We don't want to use a powder in "the big hole" that would give marginally low pressure even in the smaller 12 gauge hole. 700X is an example of a correct burning rate for one ounce loads in either gauge. 7625 might be OK for one ounce 12 gauge loads, but maybe a little slow for the bigger hole, especially in winter. Some low pressure loads look good on the charts, but don't "sound" too good on a cold winter day. On a related subject, a couple of years ago, I did some freezer testing on the lowest pressure RST loads. I was unable to find an "off sound" or bad performing example. I can only say "How do they do that?

[Alan B. Webber]

I shoot a DH 10, 32"resleeved gun, a DH 10, #6 frame hammerless with 36" Damascus barrels and a DH #6 frame hammer gun with 34" Damascus barrels, all redone by Turnbull. I load full brass shells done off a CNC machine with 116 grains of BP (English proof load) and fill the rest of the shell to the the top with shot.
When you connect It will knock a Canadian Honker backwards and is about the only gun I can consistently break ZZTrap with. And as usual it looks like Gettysburg after a good shoot.
10's are fun.

[StubTwist]

Originally Posted by Alan B. Webber

I shoot a DH 10, 32"resleeved gun, a DH 10, #6 frame hammerless with 36" Damascus barrels and a DH #6 frame hammer gun with 34" Damascus barrels, all redone by Turnbull. I load full brass shells done off a CNC machine with 116 grains of BP (English proof load) and fill the rest of the shell to the the top with shot.
When you connect It will knock a Canadian Honker backwards and is about the only gun I can consistently break ZZTrap with. And as usual it looks like Gettysburg after a good shoot.
10's are fun.

Quite an impressive group of 10's you have.

Pretty stout loads too. This is about 4 1/4 dram black powder load. 2F or 3F? When you say you fill the rest of the hull with shot, how much we talking here?

Love shooting black myself in the 5 frame hammer with 34" barrels. It's fun and it never gets old.

[Alan B. Webber]

Originally Posted by Frank Cronin

Quite an impressive group of 10's you have.

Pretty stout loads too. This is about 4 1/4 dram black powder load. 2F or 3F? When you say you fill the rest of the hull with shot, how much we talking here?

Love shooting black myself in the 5 frame hammer with 34" barrels. It's fun and it never gets old.

Frank,
It probably ends up about an ounce and a quarter of shot. I loaded 2 f last time.
The barrels are so stout (in your #5 frame also) it would take a lot more pressure to hurt them.
Your right, it never gets old. It's always fun and always a crowd pleaser.

[Bill Murphy]

Alan, tell us more about your sleeved ten.

[Alan B. Webber]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Alan, tell us more about your sleeved ten.

Bill,
I bought it about 25 years ago from a guy in Duluth. #3 frame. I had Kirk Merrington resleeve it and chamber it for 3.5" magnums and choke it full and modified. With the advent of steel I took the chokes out to cylinder and cylinder and it patterns great with Fasteel. I can shoot an ounce and three eights load but the ounce and five eights just kicks too much. But if your on your lead the gun will easily dump a greenhead at 70 yards.
The beauty of the 10's is the short shot string.
It's got a big extender pad on it. The guy before me must have been short.I'm thinking of restocking it with a straight stock and a skeleton butt.
A friend of mine says you can stretch those old actions shooting those big shells but it hasn't happened yet and I don't think it will. Parker's are just too stout for that.
Tx,
Alan