What loads should I use

[Dunnigun]

Hello Andros, RST shells are great (Classic Shotshell Co.). I like using the 1 oz. non-toxic loads for ducks which have a 1200 fps. rating. I shoot their target loads (7/8 oz.) at the same speed so the switch to duck loads allows for the same lead.

Good luck hunting and hope you enjoy your Parker. I got my first one last year and love shooting with it.

[Andros Theophanous]

Thank guy for being so helpful, the rst shells look awsome for this season and now I'm wondering were I can get them, and if you can get RST shells from anywhere other than their website.

[Bruce Day]

I mostly shoot light loads, but the Parker gun is capable and was designed for some pretty stout loads. I'd hate to have people form the impression that a Parker is some sort of weak gun.

[charlie cleveland]

i agree with bruce parker guns were and will stand up to stout loads...but the lite loads are better on the shoulder and the pocket book and the gun over a no of years..ive got and old ph 10 ga ive had for a lot of years it dont know what a lite load is.... charlie

[ed good]

parkers are stout guns. and like other pre war guns, they also have old, dry, fragile wood.

[charlie cleveland]

youre rite ed...charlie

[Dunnigun]

I've always had a crick in the neck and really appreciate the soft recoil the RST shells deliver. Getting older has resulted in a more touchy neck.

I never realized how badly steel duck loads were making me flinch until switching to low pressure loads.

[Paul P.]

Welcome to the club.
That being said, RST has a dealer list on their web site, check it out. I have no problem ordering them online or over the phone.

[Andros Theophanous]

Again thanks for all the help, I'm going to Oder some rst shell in the near future but I would like to clear some thing up. First i do not doubt the reliability of my Parker in any way(it is old reliable after all) but I just want to go easy on the old girl. Also In the first post I wrote peasant in Stead of pheasant, my bad. And yes the brids I mainly hunt are PHASANT and CHUCKAR (sorry about the misunderstanding)

[ch]

Bruce, have you seen any hang tags or data for a 1886 hammer 10 bore? Load they recommended. O, it's your fault I have this gun. But I love it!