Any 10GA shooters out there??

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Just picked up a used Remington SP-10 last week, been wanting one for years and finally found a nice one for a great deal. I do a lot of goose hunting here on the farm and they like to fly high, so that's why I ended up going with the big 10. And also its just a monster of a gun!:cool:
 
Doubt you will find many - not really any advantages over a 3.5" 12 gauge - but you get the priveledge of paying more for the ammo. I thought about a 10 gauge for geese as well (was going to buy new) but in the end the price/availability of ammo sucked. I bet it will be fun for turkey hunting if you can find any birdshot! Enjoy.
 
I owned a Browning BPS once... this was after shooting with a guy who had one of the first generations Sp-10's.
Hey and his son each had one and they where loud and devastating on the Brant when shooting from a blind on the Beach in Tsawwassen.
They could reach out and touch them ....a real Boom Stick if you ask me.
The BPS was a beast and not much fun slogging in the marsh, but it too was hard on the Snowies when set up with a makeshift blind.
Tripple B's was the ammo of choice for Snowies back in the day.
Good Hunting.
Rob
 
Just picked up a used Remington SP-10 last week, been wanting one for years and finally found a nice one for a great deal. I do a lot of goose hunting here on the farm and they like to fly high, so that's why I ended up going with the big 10. And also its just a monster of a gun!:cool:

The sp-10 is a hell of a gun and you will like it. Like you I had one many years ago and sold it like an idiot when I bought my first gold and it took me also quite a few years to get another which will die with me this time
Reloading IMO is pretty much a given if you shoot a lot of 10 ga
I have had a few over the years but kept 4
Two browning golds 10ga
One sp-10
One ithaca mag 10
All the best with your new 10ga
Cheers
 
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Doubt you will find many - not really any advantages over a 3.5" 12 gauge - but you get the priveledge of paying more for the ammo. I thought about a 10 gauge for geese as well (was going to buy new) but in the end the price/availability of ammo sucked. I bet it will be fun for turkey hunting if you can find any birdshot! Enjoy.

Obviously from a guy that has never patterned them side by side
No 12ga 3 1/2 will perform equivalent to a 10ga
I have both in many models and the 12ga has it's place as does the 10ga
Cheers
 
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I owned a Browning BPS once... this was after shooting with a guy who had one of the first generations Sp-10's.
Hey and his son each had one and they where loud and devastating on the Brant when shooting from a blind on the Beach in Tsawwassen.
They could reach out and touch them ....a real Boom Stick if you ask me.
The BPS was a beast and not much fun slogging in the marsh, but it too was hard on the Snowies when set up with a makeshift blind.
Tripple B's was the ammo of choice for Snowies back in the day.
Good Hunting.
Rob

Yes rob I owned a Bps and bought one of the first 835 when they came out. Both I have since sold off
Both kicked like mules and were not fun to shoot after a while but they were deadly on long range goose shooting
Cheers
 
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I was looking into these as well. Any recommendations pump vs semi?

With the Browning one needs rather large hands to grab hold of the wrist.
Also longer fingers to reach the trigger while holding onto the wrist of the said Browning BPS.
I am used to 870 WingMaster and those where a couple of observations from back then (1991).
I would not suggest buying one site unseen as it is next to impossible to determine if they will fit you or you try to fit into the gun.
They are fun to shoot especially when birds are dropping .
Rob
 
Obviously from a guy that has never patterned them side by side
No 12ga 3 1/2 will perform equivalent to a 10ga
I have both in many models and the 12ga has it's place as does the 10ga
Cheers

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I shoot my Browning gold light 10 with a Terror .720 I have done shot that no one will attempt with a 12 3.5" and drop birds.

3macs1 has it right on the money.

It's all about pattern and shot string ( if you know what I am talking about ).
 
loved my 10 BPS and regret selling it , recoil is honestly nothing too brutal and I would take a big push from 10 gauge all day vs a light 3 1/2 kick in the teeth,for pass shooting the 10 most definitely outshines anything else. btw the federal rifles slugs do wonders on bears ;) enjoy!
 
Obviously from a guy that has never patterned them side by side
No 12ga 3 1/2 will perform equivalent to a 10ga
I have both in many models and the 12ga has it's place as does the 10ga
Cheers

No doubt and he obviously has never used one extensively. A 3.5" 12 from my observations of hunting with the same group of guys over a decade is that they are a crippler where the 10 is an outright flatliner! In the hands of the average guy neither performs well but in the hands of a good wingshot both work well but the 10 will outshine the 3.5" 12 considerably. I shot a Gold 10 for over a decade and put about two flats per season through it. Ammo was $10 more per flat than the same in the 12 and worth every dime. That 10 gauge gun/ammo combo could do at 70 yards what the 12 was able to do at 50.
 
as for recoil in a heavy mag 10 i can honestly say i would much rather shoot the ten gauge than some twelve gauge guns .the gas system along with the weight makes for comfortable shooting. it is hard to convince skeptics until they actually shoot the gun.
 
No doubt and he obviously has never used one extensively. A 3.5" 12 from my observations of hunting with the same group of guys over a decade is that they are a crippler where the 10 is an outright flatliner! In the hands of the average guy neither performs well but in the hands of a good wingshot both work well but the 10 will outshine the 3.5" 12 considerably. I shot a Gold 10 for over a decade and put about two flats per season through it. Ammo was $10 more per flat than the same in the 12 and worth every dime. That 10 gauge gun/ammo combo could do at 70 yards what the 12 was able to do at 50.

Pretty much sums it up.I didnot want to say 75 yard shots were very doable if required
I remember needing 10ga hulls to reload some steel and had a bunch of federal 2 1/4 oz lead left over from prior to the ban
The boys at the time let me shoot a few rounds of 27 yard trap with them. Unreal ink spots the ones I hit LOL
Cheers
 
Obviously from a guy that has never patterned them side by side
No 12ga 3 1/2 will perform equivalent to a 10ga
I have both in many models and the 12ga has it's place as does the 10ga
Cheers

Thats true the 12 gauge belongs in the field the 10 gauge on the wall
 
Thats true the 12 gauge belongs in the field the 10 gauge on the wall

You have absolutely no clue!! My Gold 10 with a 1 3/4 oz load of steel 1's made my buddies 3.5 12's look like they were sucking buttermilk. I only once ever shot geese in tight over the decoys an absolutely destroyed the first bird I fired at at 20 yards. After that for a decade of hunting geese with that group I let them empty their guns first and then I picked off birds booking it out past the edge of the decoys. Most of my shooting was 40-70 yards and that big gun simply folded them the way a pheasant goes down in a cloud of feathers over a dog. I shot thousands of geese with it and I didn't have to leave the layout blind to chase many wounded birds. I sold the gun, actually I have had two of them and sold both, both being first generation Golds, and don't regret it as I rarely hunt waterfowl the past few seasons but the mighty ten is king of all the land when it comes to a goose gun. My only regret is all those years in Ontario and I never took it turkey hunting. It would be one mean jelly necker with a 2 1/4 oz payload of copper plated 6's and a full choke!! And you should see one perform in the controlled shotgun deer seasons with a 3.5" load of 00Buckshot(18 pellets). It also shoots 54 #4 buckshot in a 3.5" load!
 
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You have absolutely no clue!! My Gold 10 with a 1 3/4 oz load of steel 1's made my buddies 3.5 12's look like they were sucking buttermilk. I only once ever shot geese in tight over the decoys an absolutely destroyed the first bird I fired at at 20 yards. After that for a decade of hunting geese with that group I let them empty their guns first and then I picked off birds booking it out past the edge of the decoys. Most of my shooting was 40-70 yards and that big gun simply folded them the way a pheasant goes down in a cloud of feathers over a dog. I shot thousands of geese with it and I didn't have to leave the layout blind to chase many wounded birds. I sold the gun, actually I have had two of them and sold both, both being first generation Golds, and don't regret it as I rarely hunt waterfowl the past few seasons but the mighty ten is king of all the land when it comes to a goose gun. My only regret is all those years in Ontario and I never took it turkey hunting. It would be one mean jelly necker with a 2 1/4 oz payload of copper plated 6's and a full choke!!

Unreal spank.:) The groups I hunted with made me do the exact same thing and I could only fire when their guns were empty and even then I had no issues getting my limit with all 35 -75 yard shots
Other rule was no ported chokes and I had to be on the end so they would not get hit with hulls :)
My two 10ga golds are 1st generation 93 vintage with the steel receivers and look like super x1's inside
Other than not liking winchester hulls they have never given me an issue
Cheers
 
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