Do you own a 10 gage?

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Maxem0815

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Hi just a question about 10 gage do you own one which one and why? I have three, an Ithaca auto 10 and two side by side. I like the Ithaca its a classic and much lighter than any other 10 with a manageable recoil. I haven't shot it in years.
Mace

Happiness is a belt fed weapon and lits of ammo. Hum Wonder if I can find a belt fed 10 ga.:D
 
Don't know if I ever held a 10ga... I have held a 10ga shell to compare to my 12 and .410 shells.

Brent
 
YES!!!

a full auto... ;)

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Not anymore ....

I bought a new 10ga Browning BPS about 15 yrs ago - prior to a goose and duck hunt in Arkansas.....used it for 3 days ...and sold the gun and the case I brought it to Arkansas with ...to the guide !!

Yes, I used to think the recoil from a 10ga was manageable ...but then, when I was young, I thought being a smokejumper was a good idea too ??? Not so much anymore on the 10ga or jumping out of perfectly good airplanes...
 
No, but my son's father-in-law has one. An H&R single barrel. That thing kills on one end and wounds on the other. It's a beast.

I don't see anything it will do that a 3" 12 gauge shotgun won't do.
 
I dont personaly have one but a friend of mine has a h&r single shot, I have shot it with 3 1/2 #4 buck and 3 1/2 00 buck and like stated before the recoil is quite brutal. I had the bright idea to shoot it lefty (I am right handed) and it partially dislocated my shoulder, i never pulled that stunt again. I have never really felt the need to have a 10 gauge because I have a 12 gauge and dont feel it would benefit me in any way.
 
H&R model 176, single shot break action with a 36" barrel. It is so much fun to shoot it should be illegal. I have had other people most considerably smaller than me shoot it and all agree it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be but holding that long thick barrel up in the air to point it at the target took some muscle. Full choke and it does not like 00. At 25 yards it shoots a donut pattern big enough for a large rabbit or medium size dog to walk through but everything from #7 1/2 to #3 steel shot shoots wonderful patterns to point of aim I bought it second hand on line and wish I had gotten one sooner, it quickly became a favorite gun, so favorite I just sent for a press so I can reload for it because a case of 10 gauge makes my wallet weep.
 
If I were a dyed-in-the-wool goose hunter I might think about it. Or if I felt a compulsion to shoot turkeys past 50 yards. If you absolutely have to have the best possible patterning too far away, you can't beat a 10 gauge.

But I'm not and I don't, so I don't own one. Too heavy, too expensive for the minor improvement I don't need.
 
In 1978, I bought a new H & R single shot in 10 gauge. Cost was about $75. Reason was that lead shot was recently outlawed for ducks & geese. My 16 gauge was not advised for steel shot by local Smith.

One hunt was all it took to lose interest in the 10 gauge and its 3.5 inch shells. Punishing recoil was more than I could take.

I sold the H & R to a guy at work for same as I paid but threw in the partial box of shells to close the deal. Good riddance to that kicker!!

Jack
 
I had a Rem. SP-10 for about a year. Nice, well made gun, but it was really too heavy and I really didn't have any business buying it at the time with the money I was making. Traded it on an AR and gave the shells to my brother to use in his BPS. He quit using his BPS because he gets better patterns with his 3.5 Mossberg 835! If you are a serious goose, duck, or turkey hunter and don't care about weight or the cost of ammo they're great. sometimes I wish i still had mine, but I say that about every gun I have ever sold.
 
No I don't own one, but I've shot an Ithaca 10 Gauge before, It's a kicker.




Slugo, BTW that's cheating at "Skeet" :p
 
I've never even seen a 10-gauge. They're not very popular anymore.

And I think a 12-gauge with a 3.5" chamber can do anything a 10-gauge needs to do when it comes to hunting game.
 
A guy I work with just bought a Benelli (Sp?) 20 gauge. He bought it for geese but I agree with Night sleeper, my 3.5 12 gauge will hit 'em just as well.
 
I have a friend who hunts waterfowl a bunch and he swears by his SP10. He won a SBE at a DU dinner a few years back and tried it, then put it in the closet and started using the 10 again. He ended up giving the SBE to his son, lucky kid!
 
My Ithaca Mag 10 is my go to gun for fall turkey season.

It's definitely heavy and has a decent kick and I'm relatively sure that a 3.5in 12 ga could do everything it does. Having said that, I really like it and it's brought me a few Thanksgiving dinners so far.

Mavrik

 
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