The Short Ten - How many shooting one?

[10 bore]

if i had to keep 1 SxS shot gun( just 1?) it would be my 2 frame EH at 8 3/4 lbs and .025 choke each barrel this would cover all my type of hunting . but i don't have to have just one, so i have all kinds of shotguns scott

[Mills]

Mine is a 2 frame as well.

1 gun . . . perish the thought

[Bill Murphy]

I recently traded a rare lightweight EH 28" bird gun. At under eight pounds, it would be a wonderful one gun arsenal. I would have kept it but my 7 1/2 pound 27" DH 10 does the same job and is even lighter than the EH I traded. Can't remember how many of those 27" DH tens Parker Brothers turned out. What a gun, though.

[Dean Romig]

That's a pretty one Pat.

[John Truitt]

Can anyone confirm this for me?

I do not have the info in front of me but a friend told me that Sherman Bells reciept for a 1 oz 10 ga load had a higher pressure than his 1 1/8 oz load.
(we are not talking much increase but it seemed odd to me)

[Smoothebore]

I also shoot a ten and reload Sherman Bells lowest pressure, also BP in Rocky Mtn Cartridge brass.

Dave

[Coach]

Originally Posted by John Truitt

Can anyone confirm this for me?

I do not have the info in front of me but a friend told me that Sherman Bells reciept for a 1 oz 10 ga load had a higher pressure than his 1 1/8 oz load.
(we are not talking much increase but it seemed odd to me)

That's right John. He used Hodgdon Clays and 700X for the one oz loads which is hotter or faster burning than the SR7625 which was used for the 1-1/8 oz loads.

[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.

[charlie cleveland]

pete the list just keeps getting longer...i believe the light is shining brite on the old ten... charlie