10 Gauge, A View from the Past

[charlie cleveland]

i have fired the 3 1/2 inch 2 1/4 ounce load out of a parker that i have with 3 1/2 inch chambers it kicks but is manageable...killed a turkey with this same load and gun....fired a 3 ounce load out of my ithaca 10 ga magnum automatic itkickeds about like the double barrel 10 parker but would not want to fire the 3 ounce load in a double gun... as i looked at the first shell pictured which is a super x shell the thing i noticed was the short brass on it as compared to the other 2 shells...i have never seen the short brass before any idea s about this....charlie

[Jeff Christie]

Where’s Elmer Keith when we need him? Bigger is ALWAYS better with Elmer. Just for the fun of it.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Jeff Christie

Where’s Elmer Keith when we need him? Bigger is ALWAYS better with Elmer. Just for the fun of it.

I was not of the Elmer Keith school ! I was more of the Jack O’Conner school on rifles .

[Jeff Christie]

Me too. 7mm metrics were enough gun. I am a fan of Roark and his USE ENOUGH GUN though. There’s a lot of good advice in that book.

[Researcher]

Here is Elmer supposedly shooting the Magnum-Ten from the December 1965, Guns & Ammo.

Supposedly Elmer with Magnum-Ten, Guns & Ammo December 1965.jpg

Doesn't really look like old 500000 to me --

500000 01 full view.jpg

500000 02 close up.jpg

or it with the super ugly new wood --

500000 07 Elmer's Magnum-Ten.jpg

For those that like old magazine ads here is one for an earlier Ithaca 10-gauge --

Flues 10-gauge ad, Sept. 1915.jpg

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Here is Elmer supposedly shooting the Magnum-Ten from the December 1965, Guns & Ammo.

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Doesn't really look like old 500000 to me --

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or it with the super ugly new wood --

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For those that like old magazine ads here is one for an earlier Ithaca 10-gauge --

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You know he had atleast two Mag 10’s . The Ithaca and an AYA he had built .

[Mills]

The next big gun on my list is a Model 21 Duck. We'll see. Trying to get small bores this year

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

The next big gun on my list is a Model 21 Duck. We'll see. Trying to get small bores this year

Do you already have a Smith "long Range" or "Wildfowler" and a Fox HE ?

[Researcher]

You know he had atleast two Mag 10’s . The Ithaca and an AYA he had built .

The only other gun Elmer describes in that December 1965 article is his best quality Westley Richards 12-gauge 3-inch Magnum. I do recall an article by Col. Askins on having a Spanish over/under built in the Magnum-Ten.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

The only other gun Elmer describes in that December 1965 article is his best quality Westley Richards 12-gauge 3-inch Magnum. I do recall an article by Col. Askins on having a Spanish over/under built in the Magnum-Ten.

In the last Julia’s/Morphy auction I think it was , there was a AYA 10 Mag that supposedly had provenance to Elmer Kieth and it “claimed” he had it Custom made . I don’t remember what year he passed but I wouldn’t think he had much special made after the mid 70’s . And while it may not have been part of the article that’s not to say he didn’t use a picture with the AYA and think no one would know the difference . Not meaning to argue just my thoughts on the picture .