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I've only shot 1 animal with my BPS 10, I was on the ground and this deer decided it was coming on the trail I was on, I let it get to about 7 yards when I let the hammer fall. A 3¹/²" load of OO in the sinuses saved a lot of meat and no tracking- BANG- FLOP. Just the way I like it. :D I’ve sh...

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Nath wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 1:18 pm Say, would a 10g hull make a wrap for that slug?

I think it might be a bit much but I’ll test it tomorrow and see what I does .

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When it’s hot and I cast outdoors I’ll take a pie plate put some water in it and set my hunk of aircraft aluminum in it . Then each time I make a poor and set the mold down to harden I put it on top the aluminum . I can’t say 100% but I’m pretty sure it helps draw a bit of the heat from the mold and...

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Do you tumble them or anything to smooth out the sprue cut? No. Never have. I try to load them with the sprue cut up. Sometimes I am successful. When I first started making my own 0000 and 00000 buckshot I used to roll them between a piece of steel and a piece of aircraft grade aluminum , but I got...

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Set down today to load six more to try on paper again then I thought to maybe add ten more for actual use on living creatures . So I loaded sixteen total . Hopefully this afternoon or tommorrow I can try a pair from both barrels at 28 yards again . 78F78185-3799-4203-AD99-87B492430EFF.jpeg 03AFAA1F-...

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buckeyeshooter wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:24 am that is a very nice double!

Thanks I have a soft spot for Parker 10’s and have a dozen or so Parker 10’s at the moment .

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I have never had the pleasure of shooting an 8. But I have 3 10's. I can tell you the federal 10 gauge slug electrifies a deer with a chest shot. I have killed 8 with my SP-10 and they do not move when hit, just fall on the spot. My guess is you will get like reaction. I’ve plunked two with 8 gauge...

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When Charles Dalys were made in Prussia they made a drilling that was 10 -10 and 45-70 . It was a hammer gun by the way . It isn’t a Parker but I’d like having one .

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Teflon would probably work better but I bet it would be a real PITA to put on. Hmm, gotta think on this for an easy 'fix ' I have no issue with what I’ve got the elevation isn’t a big deal as they’ll hit higher when I shoot from my perch on a tree . As far as the left to right is concerned I can de...

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The double Parker on the pheasants i shot a good bit during a round of sporting this past Saturday . I was trying out a new to me load of Green Dot with an ounce of 7 1/2’s . Did pretty well actually . I carried three guns this one another hammer and a DH all Parker and all 10 as well as 32” .

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So glad you didn't have to cut down a Parker to make that 10 gauge Combo...... :lol: That thing isn’t mine I just borrowed ! If we can scoop up another 10 gauge H&R barrel I’ve got him talked into cutting it off and boring it out to 8 gauge . There’s more than enough meat in the chamber and bar...

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What do they measure with the masking tape wrap? This is a lot of work to get the ol 8 bore on paper. Hope they shoot well enough to kill Bambi or his mom. I started loading the Thug Slug in 20ga but not anything to write home about. I just ordered some 20ga sabots w/ bullets from Ballistic Product...

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Just came in from shooting two shot groups at 28 yards two from the right on one target and two from the left on the other . Think I’ll try them again just for chuckles and if they do as well or better I’m ready from West by God Virginia ! 3453D80E-2D80-4CA7-A32A-FF8533212E0E.jpeg 1F68EF5B-499D-4D58...

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Those sure do look businesslike to me! I’ve got molds for two 730 grain slugs this one that’s .775” and another that’s .735” . I’ve already killed deer with the .735” version in one of my tight chokes Parker 10’s , this .775” slug has proven its ability on paper in my short Parker 10 hammer gun tha...

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The long gun is circa 1883 Parker Grade 2 top lever hammer gun 32” Damascus barrels and a second set of Belgian made fluid steel barrels with 3 1/2” chambers and Briley screw in chokes . The gun started life as a pistol grip gun but in the last twenty to thirty years it was restocked and made into a...

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Made up six loads using the .775” 730 grain conical slug today for trial in my DH 8 in anticipation of the gun season in WVA . Bores on my DH 8 measure .805” at the muzzle in the right barrel and .800” in the left barrel . Started off by adding hot melt glue to the cavity in the bottom of each slug ...

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Couple years back we slowly sold a collection of early early Japanese matchlocks none were anywhere close decorated as these are .

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barbarossa wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:16 pm No original Steyr Zephyr rare as hens teeth here

I know where ones at , I’ve known the gun for fifty years and still haven’t been able to get it away from the owners

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Very nice group ! Do you have an original Steyr Zephyr , One of the ones made in the 50’s or 60’s ?

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I'd love to attend just to see the Parker Collector tables, sadly too much water in the way.. :( I’ve wanted to come your way for the Red Grouse opener in Scotland for darn near forty years . I can handle getting across the pond but paying the price to shoot the driven grouse opener is beyond my me...

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Green with envy, here. I have been reading about the Vintagers for years. I’m actually a member but I’ve never been to the Cup event . Here’s a picture of the Parker table at the Northern SxS held at Rock Mountain Sporting Clays in Friendsville PA . There’s usually a theme of some sort with display...

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My plans for the first quarter of 2024 start with Argentina and tentatively after getting back wait about ten days and off to the Philippines for thirty days then back to the USA in early to mid April and a week or so after the Southern SxS inSanford NC .

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My exwife is Peruvian and before we divorced I’d thought we’d go down and see some of her family for a couple weeks . And of course if I was in SouthAmerica why not shoot somewhere but that never came to fruition . Now good Lord willing I’ll get there

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I am sure sorry you are gonna have to endure all that. :lol: Have a great time. Enjoy the country. I have only been in Argentina once .. it sure is a beautiful place and the people I met were really nice. True it is kinda beneath me to have to shoot anything other than a Parker lols ! All BS aside ...

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Some how or other I got myself in a group of folks heading to Cordoba Argentina the end of February 2024 for three days of dove/pigeon shooting . I’ve never been south of the equator so this is all foriegn to me (pun intended) . Airfare from BWI to Miami to Buenas Aires to Cordoba and back is taken ...

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The 2023 Vintage Cup is scheduled to take place in Wellsville PA at the Warrington Sporting Clays facility September 7th thru the 9th . Here’s a link https://vintagers.org/vintage-gunners-cup . I’ve never attended a Vintage Cup so this will be a first time for me although I’m pretty sure the faces w...

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They’ve got a Parker what was a VHE 28 at Jaquas he engraved for I think 75k that would be nice . And Galazan has or had a Remington R-32 he had engraved and was in the 72 or 73 Gun Digest that I’d really like to have but that ones around 85k if my memories correct .

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I just received the word that master engraver Winston Churchill left this world to be with his maker about seven hours ago . RIP

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If I were doing the schuetzen stuff I’d be okay loading at the range during the match as was done in the heyday of schuetzen . But dealing with that artillery piece I don’t wanna be doing it with all the stuff that’s going on around this guy .

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I, too, messed with Contenders in some of the TCU chamberings -- 6mm, 6.5 and 7mm -- but never the .25 for some reason. The Sharps must be a very useful tool indeed with that level of accuracy, especially with that Barnes bullet. 8) I have a 6.5 TCU with a 10” now . It does okay with the Nosler 120...

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hope you limit out on your hunt, looks like a great project to develop those loads. To be honest I already have twenty five round boxes filled with each size of buckshot from #3 up to and including 00000 for the short 10’s . This was more a matter of me wanting to try roll crimped buckshot in the 1...

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now that's gonna make a mark ! have you ever shot gel or clay or newsprint with those rounds? that's some massive firepower!! ;) grizz No I’ve killed deer with both sizes of buckshot in 10 gauges but with two less pellets both sizes . Also shot a deer with the same basic slug also 730 grains but on...

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Decided to load a few to try with 0000 Buck (.380”) and a few with 00000 Buck (.395”) . Which unto itself is nothing new but in the past of gold crimped and used a mylar wrap as well as buffer . This time no mylar and the base part of the Gualandi/BPI wad also one 16 gauge 1/8” card under the bucksh...

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Turkey season around here is dangerous. You darn near need to wear a bulletproof vest....people are crzy I’m planning on coming back over the Sunday before Thanksgiving hunt the first two days and the morning of the third day and get my butt back over the mountain hoping the whole time that there’s...

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WV Farrier , correct me if I'm wrong . As a non res I need the regular state hunting license for an initial buck tag as well as a conservation tag . I also purchased a second gun season buck tag and a antlerless tag . Is there anything else you're aware of I need to stay on the right side of the con...

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I’ve got period correct Winchester Rival brass 10 gauge hulls . They were meant for BP which I don’t care to use , so to get these bad boys to work I need to figure out a good way to make some plastic washers I made adhere to the bottom of the case around the protruding primer nodule . I bought a pl...

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The makeup of these 10 gauge slugs I’d not tried in a 10 until I started messing with this very open gun . A Gualandi/BPI wad with the petals removed , five 1/8” 16 gauge card wads and then the .775” 730 grain slug roll crimped . Today or tommorrow I wanna try two from the right barrel offhand then...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:01 am Beautiful country but yes that highway looks more like what I'm used to here rather than USA.

I like to travel at 70-80ish MPH but this trip was about 165 miles and took3 1/2 hours .

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I think if I cut the petals on the wad I’m using or an SP-10 it would be about the same .

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The makeup of these 10 gauge slugs I’d not tried in a 10 until I started messing with this very open gun . A Gualandi/BPI wad with the petals removed , five 1/8” 16 gauge card wads and then the .775” 730 grain slug roll crimped . Today or tommorrow I wanna try two from the right barrel offhand then ...

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I tried some .775” 730 grain slugs pushed with SR7625 in my Grade 1 top lever 10 gauge hammer gun with the 26” barrels . This gun left the factory quite open in the 26” barrels a kinda tight in the 30” barrels . WVA says no buckshot for deer but inside 35 or so yards the right barrel should drill a ...

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If what I saw yesterday is any indication I should have a positive hunt as I saw deer from 9 AM until I was heading home at 2 PM . Granted you usually see deer a lot more in the summer , but it still looks quite positive . Now I need to refine my 8 gauge slug load and have it along over there .

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Went over to the Elkins WVA area sunday to check out my cousins vacation cabin to see if I wanna hunt it for deer this year . Let me begin by saying Route 33 from Stanardsville VA to Harrisonburg VA I always thought quite crooked over the Blue Ridge . But I’m here to say the road over in that stretc...

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Initially that RCBS 41-210 could be had as a GC version and I wanted one but never found one . I did however have pretty decent luck with the Lyman version . Not saying you need gas checks I just prefer them . I however used them more in the couple Marlin 1894’s I had in 41 MAG . To the best of my k...

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My father and I used to collect tools . I suppose there are a couple hundred wooden planes in the wooden cabinet we kept them . Have three wooden brace’s as well not to mention the broad axe’s , slick’s , adze’s , froe’s , draw knives and God only knows what else .I even have two or three sets of ro...

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That things rather sporty !

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Good gracious, I about got wrung out with sweat just thinking about hauling four 10-gauge doubles, ammo and a cooler on a humid afternoon. In my book, going three for four with a shotgun qualifies for good shooting! If I’ve got a golf cart or UTV I can go a bit longer . But pushing that cart with a...

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Some pics from yesterday ! Wish I’d taken a picture of the cart I borrowed loaded down with shotguns ammo and cooler !

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I shot in a Virginia Vintagers get together shoot at The Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays in Mount Crawford Virginia yesterday . I like the course I just don’t like that they don’t have golf carts and I have to walk luckily I was able to borrow a friends push cart that holds four guns shells and a small...

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I've been wondering which would be better, the Rock Island 9mm/22 TCM conversion or the new Springfield Prodigy. Not trying to be rude or negative , but if it isn’t a 1911 platform in usually not intrested . Rock Island from all I’ve seen makes a good product for the amount of scheckels you have to...

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