Parker 10 gauge 0 grade 4 frame 34 inch

[6pt-sika]

Shot some patterns at the range today with the Parker 10 gauge 0 grade on the 4 frame that has 34” barrels . I had the rib relaid on this gun three or four months ago . The thing is choked pretty open . Tried both barrels with 00 and 000 and while it wasn’t the best I’d shoot it at a deer . Also shot three shot groups with home cast slugs of 630 grains with a solid base . Shot a pair of groups from each barrel at 25 yards and I thought these did very well . Oh yeah the mold was actually made by Bikerbeans for a 12 gauge rifled gun . I got it from him and it seems to do well in the 10 gauge , the slugs fit nicely in the shot cup of the SP-10 wads .

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[6pt-sika]

00 buck !

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[6pt-sika]

000 Buck !

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[Pitchy]

Cool beans, looks like the slugs would work great on big game.

[6pt-sika]

Cool beans, looks like the slugs would work great on big game.

Hopefully I’ll find out relatively soon .

[Dave James]

You using any buffer on the shot load? I found my Richardson double did better with "0" and some buffer sifted into the shot load, but it is a strange old gun, both barrels have been re-choked some time in the past. they come in around the IM now, 34" barrels you just have to know when made it was a F/F gun

[6pt-sika]

You using any buffer on the shot load? I found my Richardson double did better with "0" and some buffer sifted into the shot load, but it is a strange old gun, both barrels have been re-choked some time in the past. they come in around the IM now, 34" barrels you just have to know when made it was a F/F gun

Yeah 4.3 cc of buffer . It wasn’t necissarily rechoked . I’ve seen several of these old birds that were very open frommthe factory . I’ve got a Parker EH 10 gauge that was made in 1891 with factory original 28” barrels choked cylinder and lite IC . One would think they had been teamed out but the PGCA letter stated right barrel cylinder and left just a slight amount of construction . And on the other hand I have another Parker GH 10 gauge circa 1904 with 34” barrels choked tighter then the hinges of well you know . That one took me 3 or 4 boxes before I was getting on 16 yard trap targets , the gun is actually TO TIGHT .

[Dave James]

Have seen one old 10 ga short chamber 2" that was choke cyl in both barrels the gentleman who owned it say in his youth he hunted ducks in flooded timber with it. Bet it impressed a few ducks

[6pt-sika]

Have seen one old 10 ga short chamber 2" that was choke cyl in both barrels the gentleman who owned it say in his youth he hunted ducks in flooded timber with it. Bet it impressed a few ducks

I have a circa 1891 Parker EH 10 gauge that’s got factory original 28” barrels and is choked cylinder and very light IC . One would think it had been opened , but it hasn’t ! I got the letter on the gun from the Parker Collectors Association and that’s what the stock books say when the gun was ordered . I used it last season to plow a doe at 26 yards using my homemade 0000 Buck , and as you might imagine it floorboarded her . The load only has eight pellets !!! Below is the gun across the foe it pummeled

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[Dave James]

That's a nice rig, looking at 10ga's with barrels short than the 30-34" just look funny, had a dear friend that had an English 8ga that had 28" barrels and that looked funny with out the normal 34" or longer tubes

[6pt-sika]

That's a nice rig, looking at 10ga's with barrels short than the 30-34" just look funny, had a dear friend that had an English 8ga that had 28" barrels and that looked funny with out the normal 34" or longer tubes

I have factory original Parker EH 10’s with barrels of 28 , 30 , 32 and 34 . They made a very few with 26 inch in the EH grade and of course I’d like one . They even went so far as an EH with 24 inch barrels but supposedly they made maybe six of them . Doubt I’ll ever see a factory original 24 or 26 inch EH but one can hope .