LC Smith 10 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

your right about it being a lot of work..i wish my shelf was as well stocked as yours...i see that a lot of the old 10 ga buckshot loads were in the no 1 buck loads... charlie

I have a handfull of old factory 10 gauge 2 7/8" that are 0 Buck . As well as a couple that I think are #3 .

Inside 25 yards do not think bad of #3 Buck in a 10 gauge .

[6pt-Sika]

I shot 0 Buck handloads in several 12 gauge guns today !

Parker VH , Parker VHE , LC Smith Ideal , LC Smith Field with sleaved Westley Richards barrels , Utica Fox Sterlingworth and an Ithaca NID . All did well enough at 25 yards for a deer !

Tried some handloaded #3 buck loads in the little Philadelphia Fox Sterlingworth 20 gauge . This ones choked IC/M and I was surprised when the patterns in both barrels were not that great !

Shot several patterns with the circa 1940 H&R Bay State single barrel and handloaded #1 buck . This thing will flat out drill a deer at 25 yards .

[charlie cleveland]

some of them old single barrels will really shoot..had a 16 ga long tom brand one time with 36 inch full choke barrel it would shoot no 2 shot better than any gun i had at that time sure wish i still had it...put some 10 ga short shells in my game bag tonite there loaded with 000 buck 8 pellets to the shell does well out to 45 steps really good at 25 steps...gona go squirl hunting in the morning who knows i may run into one of them wild hogs that s been sited in my area...i ve never got to get a wild hog in my sights just yet but hope the days acoming.... charlie

[charlie cleveland]

looks like you gona have plenty of deer steaks in the frezzer...hope you get the next one with buckshot... charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

looks like you gona have plenty of deer steaks in the frezzer...hope you get the next one with buckshot... charlie

Been hauling my Ithaca NID 10 gauge along everyday loaded with #3 Buck in the right barrel and 000 in the left barrel . Matter of fact had it up the tree this evening when I shot that little three pointer .

Planning on going out around 6 AM in the morning and taking my little circa 1960-1965 Mannlicher Schoenauer 243 loaded with some handloaded no longer made Speer 105 grain Spitzers and of course the Ithaca 10 gauge !

Can't stay anylonger then 9AM as I need to be at the local airport at 10:15 to take a flight to Altoona PA to pick up reloading supplies for our shop and a friends shop as well as the guy flying the plane !

Hopefully I'll be back and finished in time to get out tommorrow afternoon around 3PM !

I'm still shooting for 21 deer this year but I inly have 8 more days to giterdunn !

[6pt-Sika]

Got my Parker 12 gauge VHE barrels back today from Giacamo . Perhaps I will take that for the last day hunt with my friends in the next county over !

Seems to me that 12 gauge Parker liked my handloaded 0 Buck loads fairly well !

[charlie cleveland]

nothing like taking a deer with the shotgun...how many no 3 buck do you put in the 10 ga hull....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Gonna hunt tommorrow with the same guys I hunted the last day last year . Think I'll hunt next saturday with these fellows also !

Taking the Ithaca NID 10 gauge with #3 and 000 handloads . I'll also take the 6.5-06 to stand hunt first thing in the morning .

[Pa SxS]

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[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

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Good observation Chuck.