First Tower Shoot of the Season

[6pt-sika]

Did a tower shoot in WVA 10/29/23 shot a Parker Grade 1 10 gauge top lever hammer gun 32” barrels tight and tight on a #3 frame guns a little over 9 pounds . Was shooting handloaded 1 1/4 ounces of #6’s pushed with 30 grains of SR7625 . I didn’t kill all the birds in the pictures just what I brought home . We were shooting pheasants , partridges and pigeons . One pic is pheasants and the others partridge .

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[6pt-sika]

Going back to the same place 11/4/23 and will shoot the same load but in a Parker Grade 1 10 gauge top lever hammer on a #2 frame sporting 30” barrels that are more like mod and full somewhat lighter gun as well . I’m planning on doing five shoots at this place by the end of the year and use a different 10 gauge each trip .

[gamekeeper]

That's a good start to the season, I wish someone had used a Parker Hammer gun where I was gamekeeping it would have made my day..

[6pt-sika]

That's a good start to the season, I wish someone had used a Parker Hammer gun where I was gamekeeping it would have made my day..

You shoulda been there two or three years ago I had two guns but one was a Parker hammer 8 gauge gun .

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[gamekeeper]

That 8 gauge would make people wonder how just HIGH I got my birds to fly ....... I can imagine them swapping their game loads for magnum shells in panic

[Nath]

Highest pheasant I ever shot was with a 10g muzzloader! Must of pushed them barrels 8' in front when I loosed. I even had time after the boom to hear the shot connecting with the bird, it fell 100 yards or so behind me!

[6pt-sika]

Of the three or four places I’ve done tower shoots this one I was at Sunday has the highest birds . They had partridge and pigeons every bit of 50 to 60 yards up when they came over the shooters on the backside of the circle . When I e taken the 8 gauge guns only once did it go around the circle with me as I had a sporting clays cart to carry all the stuff and both guns . The last couple times I’ve taken an 8 I shoot it at the first peg then put it in the car of the fellow putting the shoot on and do the rest of the circle with a single gun . The fellows at this shoot usually always ask me beforehand what I’ll be shooting that day , I don’t think anything I’d say would surprise them anylonger lols !