10 gauge Quail Loads

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Keith Doty

Craig, I'm concerned about you suffering a back injury carrying that in the field!

Amazingly the gun isn’t that bad weight wise . Where we quail shoot at Rasawek we’re typically only out 2-3 hours so it’s not to strenuous .

[Researcher]

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[charlie cleveland]

back in the daythe 10 ga was king even hunting quail...charlie

[Researcher]

No it wasn't. According to the presentation Charlie Price did on gauges for the PGCA 7th Annual Meeting & Conference in Cleveland, 21 July 2001, 10-gauge production peaked in the 1881 to 1885 time frame at 44% of production while 12-gauge was 54% in that period. After that 10-gauge production dropped off steeply and after 1900 it was 1% or less.

[6pt-Sika]

Got around to trying the 1 1/8 Green Dot loads both with REM and BPI wads . Shot a round with each using a 28” EH and a 26” Grade 1 top lever . Shot a pair of 23’s at skeet missing the same two birds both times . Needless to say no fault of the guns no fault of the loads just the nut on the stock

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

No it wasn't. According to the presentation Charlie Price did on gauges for the PGCA 7th Annual Meeting & Conference in Cleveland, 21 July 2001, 10-gauge production peaked in the 1881 to 1885 time frame at 44% of production while 12-gauge was 54% in that period. After that 10-gauge production dropped off steeply and after 1900 it was 1% or less.

What do you attribute as the cause of the sharp decline? Was it the advent of smokeless powder making smaller bores more capable?

[Bill Murphy]

Trap association rules and pigeon shooting rules, both of which I am a bit rusty on. Anyone remember the details? Reverend Drew?