CH Bernard Set

[Dollar Grade]

Yes Mike,
I weighed it in at 7-15 and it letters at 7-15 with the 10ga bbls. There are a few #2 frame 10's around but certainly not the most common configuration. I shot a few 1 1/4oz loads out of it and you can tell it is a light 10.

Kurt

Originally Posted by Mike Shepherd

Kurt as I remember the listing the gun weighed 7lbs -15oz with the 10 gauge barrels. Is that right?

I remember thinking that an upland ten gauge Parker CH is pretty rare when I saw the ad.

thanks,

Mike

[Bill Murphy]

The W.S. Perry ten gauge pigeon gun, pictured on page 271 of "Shooting Flying" by EDM is a #4 frame 11 pound gun. It is the only 33" C Grade hammer gun. Oddly, there are many more ten gauge Bernard hammer guns than there are twelves. Shortly after this gun was built, Parker Brothers introduced the hammerless and apparently insisted that company shooters like Perry give up their hammer guns for hammerless tens. As I recall, research shows that Perry had probably received his new D Grade hammerless ten in time to use it on the U.S. Cartridge Company national tour. Ed's chapter that includes page 271 is interesting reading, explains the tour in detail.