The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[Researcher]

The first listing for the Magnum-Ten shell I have is the April 1, 1932, issue of Western Ammunition for Rifle, Revolver and Shotgun. The Magnum-Ten appears in the second printing of Ithaca Gun Co.'s 1932 catalogue.





And thus began a misprint that stayed in Ithaca Gun Co. catalogues for years. Capt. Chas. Askins' Magnum-Ten was really a No. 4E. The good Captain did have a fully loaded NID 16-gauge that was a No. 5E. Both later resided with Elmer. The Magnum-Ten with its not to my taste restock is in the Elmer Keith diorama at the Cabela's in Boise, Idaho.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by William Davis

I have two Clay fields near me with good high towers. Thats were this 10 is going to spend it's time.

William

Well my Grade 2 hammer hopefully will kill a not to bright deer this season and possibly some December dove . But later this month I'm going to Shenendale in Augusta County VA to shoot sporting and helîce . My plan is to use the hammer gun provided they have no stipulations against the 10 like Central VA Sporting .

[OH Osthaus]

found this thread while looking for something,

Pete - did you lose count?? wonder how many where added since the last update

[Alan B. Webber]

Originally Posted by Rick Losey

that would be fun (ours was not part of the course last i checked) - tight chokes and heavy barrels- get them moving and stopping your swing is not an issue.

That's so true about the big guns. I have a #6 frame 10 with 36" barrels. It's like swinging a railroad track. It's not often you undershoot a bird.

[Steve Hastie]

Add one more to the Gang
I still use my short ten. For wildfowl, it has a fishtail and it is a #3 frame. At the moment it is in the gunsmiths for a replacement stock I dropped it and broke it, which I replaced a few years back because the original stock was to short. I still have the original stock.

From where the sun don't shine

[MarketHunter]

Do you roll your own cartridges Steve? At one time Kent made a short 10 gauge loaded with their TM shot But they were only available in the UK.

Destry

[Steve Hastie]

Hi destroy
Yeah I load my own cartridges for this gun, I have not found any Taylor made cartridges over here, I think there to expensive. But I live in hope?
Steve

[SXS OHIO]

I should not read this stuff!...Now I have to pay for that sweet Ithica short 10 I just bought from our guns for sale thread. The way I see's it... you are all to BLAME. All that talk about how everyone needs a short ten!, what great turkey guns they are, how much fun they are to shoot, they can fold a goose across lake erie with the right load of nice shot and it goes on and on. Now I will need a loader and hulls SXS ohio

[MarketHunter]

My problem with shooting a short 10 gauge very much is shells, just like everybody else who doesn't load. I had a small inventory, but had actually been tempted to sell them because I just wasn't using any of my short 10 gauges. I'd given my lifter over to a friend so all I had left was my D grade hammer gun. Then I took the D grade out a couple times, and I'm wanting to take it more. Of course those couple trips put a serious dent in what ammo I had available. Wish you could still shoot lead legally, I've got about three cases of that.......

[Richard Flanders]

You got one hell of a deal on that Ithaca Kenny. You'll be laughing in a few years if you keep it. If I needed another short 10 I'd have grabbed it in a hearbeat the minute I read the post.