10 gauge semi auto or pump

[Swamp poodle]

I am looking for a huntable Ithaca mag 10 Remington sp 10 or browning gold hunter 10 gauge. I've checked gunbroker and others it seems they have had the same extremely over priced offerings on there for months.

 

[salmonchaser]

I recall seeing a 10 gauge on the bulletin board up at Tucson Trap and Skeet. I won’t be up there until Friday, I’ll take a look. Don’t recall any thing about the listing, it just caught my eye.
Welcome to the forum.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I had a 10ga Browning auto and it wasn't that bad to shoot. One day I tried a guy's Browning10ga BPS. It only took one round to convince me that it was not for me. It was brutal.

 

[Cneelk]

I have a bps 10 with a 30” barrel. It is not a running and gunning turkey or duck jump shoot gun. It’s also never gonna be packed around like that again I can tell ya that.

 

[TackDriver284]

I am looking for a huntable Ithaca mag 10 Remington sp 10 or browning gold hunter 10 gauge. I've checked gunbroker and others it seems they have had the same extremely over priced offerings on there for months.

I used to have a Browning BPS pump gun with a 30 inch barrel, bought some 3 and a half inch magnum #6 shells for ducks and that thing kicks so hard that I only shot about 10 rounds that morning, but it does have lots of reach. I have tried a few double aught and rifle slugs for giggles at targets, but it wasn't for me. Imagine shooting a 766 grain rifled slug at 1300 fps. I did not use it much, it stayed in the safe for almost 20 years and used my Browning 12 gauge auto Gold Hunter almost 100% of the time. I'm glad I sold that 10, I did not think it would sell because not many hunters would choose that big ole shotgun unless they were hunting pterosaurs. If you wish to have a 10 gauge, I would suggest an autoloader over the pump.

 

[IdahoCTD]

I have 2 BPS 10's and a SP-10. I killed tons of ducks with the BPS's in the early steel shot days.

I shot quite a few slugs and buckshot through them, its nasty.

 

[jimbires]

you can call me a sissy , but the 3-1/2" 12 gauge loads are all I want . I never shot more than the 2 1/4 oz heavy shot loads from " nitro company " . never felt the need to punish myself any more , so I never tried the heavier charge .

 

[JD338]

you can call me a sissy , but the 3-1/2" 12 gauge loads are all I want . I never shot more than the 2 1/4 oz heavy shot loads from " nitro company " . never felt the need to punish myself any more , so I never tried the heavier charge .

I know what you mean Jim
I had a Remington 11-87 Super Magnum 12 ga 3.5". Even though it was gas operated, recoil with 2 1/4 oz turkey loads was brutal. After a couple of turkey seasons, not to mention the fact that it wouldn't cycle 3" or 2.75" shells, I sent it down the road.
My 870 Magnum 12 ga 3" is more than enough for big Tom turkeys, it's never failed me.
BTW, I shot a friends 10 ga SxS with 3.5" turkey loads. He was trying to get me to pull both triggers at the same time which I didn't do.
It seems to me that the 12 ga 3.5" loads recoil harder than the 10 ga 3.5" loads.
IDK, maybe stock fit had something to do it.

JD338

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Can't say I ever had any desire for a 10ga but more power to you. Same for a 3.5in 12ga. It's a 10ga load going thru a 12ga hole. 3in 12ga did fine for me for several years but whimpered out later on now using a 16ga or 20. They don't weigh as much either. For turkey hunting.

 

[Firebird24]

I think my brother still has one that he considered selling once upon a time. I’ll contact him and pm you if he is willing to sell-

 

[IdahoCTD]

I started shooting 10ga's when steel shot first came out because you couldnt hardly kill a teal with 3" 12ga steel shot back then. I wounded so many ducks it was crazy. As the steel shot tech got better I switch back to a 12ga. 3.5" 12 gauges were developed during this time. 3.5" 12 gauges work at higher pressures then 3.5" 10 gauges but 10 gauges also tend to weigh more to offset the felt recoil. 3.5" 12 gauge turkey, or even goose load, ammo in a light Benelli SBE1,2 or 3 is straight nasty too. Turkey 3.5" 12ga in a light gun is worse then slugs in a 10ga.

I shot a double trigger 10ga when I was in my teens. It was a side by side and we were jump shooting a pond of ducks in the coast range foothills of CA. I pulled both triggers and it slammed me into the ground of the dam we snuck up on to. The canyon was steep so the only good exit was over the dam that we were on and I unloaded as they went over our head

 

[RL338]

Speaking of 10ga. I stocked up for this spring turkey season today.

 

[Swamp poodle]

I recall seeing a 10 gauge on the bulletin board up at Tucson Trap and Skeet. I won’t be up there until Friday, I’ll take a look. Don’t recall any thing about the listing, it just caught my eye.
Welcome to the forum.

Thanks.

 

[Swamp poodle]

Thanks.

 

[Swamp poodle]

I have a bps 10 with a 30” barrel. It is not a running and gunning turkey or duck jump shoot gun. It’s also never gonna be packed around like that again I can tell ya that.

Are you willing to sell it?

 

[Swamp poodle]

I have 2 BPS 10's and a SP-10. I killed tons of ducks with the BPS's in the early steel shot days.

I shot quite a few slugs and buckshot through them, its nasty.

Are you willing to sell one?

 

[jimbires]

I started shooting 10ga's when steel shot first came out because you couldnt hardly kill a teal with 3" 12ga steel shot back then. I wounded so many ducks it was crazy. As the steel shot tech got better I switch back to a 12ga. 3.5" 12 gauges were developed during this time. 3.5" 12 gauges work at higher pressures then 3.5" 10 gauges but 10 gauges also tend to weigh more to offset the felt recoil. 3.5" 12 gauge turkey, or even goose load, ammo in a light Benelli SBE1,2 or 3 is straight nasty too. Turkey 3.5" 12ga in a light gun is worse then slugs in a 10ga.

I shot a double trigger 10ga when I was in my teens. It was a side by side and we were jump shooting a pond of ducks in the coast range foothills of CA. I pulled both triggers and it slammed me into the ground of the dam we snuck up on to. The canyon was steep so the only good exit was over the dam that we were on and I unloaded as they went over our head

I shoot a SBE 1 .

 

[Cneelk]

Are you willing to sell it?

No sir

 

[IdahoCTD]

I shoot a SBE 1 .

I have a SBE 2 12ga, a SBE 3 12ga, 2 SBE 3 20ga and 2 SBE 3 28ga's plus some Retay Masai Mara 20ga's, which are a Turkish copy of a SBE 1. Benelli's 25 year patent ran out on the SBE 1 and many companies have basically copied them. I shoot my Retay's the same as my SBE's and have actually hunted with my Retay's more lately. My kids will end up with some of those as they have outgrown their youth guns now.

 

[IdahoCTD]

Are you willing to sell one?

I might sell one of my BPS's.