Thinking about a Mag 10

CoryTheCowboy

CoryTheCowboy

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Hey folks,

Been getting the itch for a 10 Gauge and have been thinking about an Ithaca Mag 10. I've read the the recoil buffer is the weak point of the gun and hard to find a replacement for, but that a SP10 buffer will interchange, any thoughts? Pros and cons on the gun in general?

Thanks,

Cory
 
They're pretty much the same gun I believe. I've shot both and the trigger guard seemed sharp maybe just the size of my hands. I went with a sxs instead
Browning gold 10 ga is another option. I liked it much better but I haven't put either thru a serious testing
 
The SP10 was Remingtons entry into the 10g auto world. They bought the Ithaca patent and "improved" upon the design supposedly. The Ithaca 10 was a very trouble ridden gun that jammed often. A buddy of mine had one and it was into the gunsmith every season to try to get it through just one hunting season trouble free until he sold it many years later. Based on my experiences using that gun I stayed away from both it and the SP10 and instead chose the Gold 10 when I purchased an auto 10 back in '98. It has proven to be the smartest move I made in choosing the big magnum. Now I have also shot the Gold 10 Light, the alloy receiver synthetic stocked version and though it is as reliable as my first generation blued steel/walnut Gold 10 its also alot harder on the shoulder having a sharp hard kick as opposed to a gentle shove my original first generation has. The difference obviously is both the fact the Light version is a full pound lighter and of course synthetic stocks do not offer near the recoil absorption of wood. I would take the time and search out a first generation Gold 10 if it were me. As a note of interest when you pull down a Gold 10 to clean it you are basically looking at a BIG version of Winchesters Super X-1, one of the best gas autoloaders ever built!!
 
I purchased a Browning light gold 10 this fall because my 12 gauge browning gold hunter broke a spring after 20, 000 plus rounds and a lot of hunting. After the first time out i decided that I likely will never use a 12 gauge shotgun again for waterfowl hunting and I am not joking about that. Forget about the mag 10 or buying a discontinued firearm used. If you don't think I know what I am talking about then just try looking for a simple part and see what the availability of excess to parts is. I bought the gold 10 because they still make em. They can talk about 3.5" shells all they want however the recoil is borderline stupid. If you want to shoot geese or ducks then you need to be able to shoot 25 shells on a good day. So you need a 10lb gun. It's more fun shooting the big 10 as well. They don't kick as bad as a lighter 12 gauge
 
I owned and shot a Ithaca Mag 10 for about 20 years and loved it. Mis-feeding or ejection was a rare occurrence. When the steel shot requirement came in I reduced the full choke to only .020" and it shot Rem Ultra Mag BB and BBB really well. I lost my goose hunting partner then sold that gun a few years later. I was also a fun gun with the old 2 7/8" paper 1 5/8" paper cases and #4 for mallards - one at a time as it would sure reach out...
 
A few years ago I traded guns with a fellow and ended up with a SP10. I have used it for 2 years between deer waterfowl and turkey. While I have yet to shoot a turkey with it, I do not feel the recoil of slugs, buckshot or heavy goose loads.

I have been very happy with my SP10 so far, with no jams or any malfunctions.
 
4 years ago I bought a browning gold mag 10 stalker wth a 26 inch barrel
I found the 26 inch barrel wasn't a waterfowl barrel, so with extensive pleading and conversations with brownings custom shop at a great
financial debt to me I convinced them to build a 32 inch barrel for me
wow what gun I have now, great line of sight awesome follow through, awesome patterns at 60 + yards
low recoil, lower then my browning gold hunter in 12 gauge , lower then my friends Maxus ,
I had oiled it up way to much last year for storage , so this fall it jammed and the firing pin wouldn't slide to fire , a good spray wth brake cleaner and it solved my problems,
twasnt the guns fault I added to much oil to it and forgot to clean it before the cold weather hit us
my friend owns an Ithica mag 10,30 inch barrel, another owns a Remington version with a 32 inch barrel
my browning out does both, and has lower recoil,
when this one wears out I'll definitely buy another, maybe even before its worn out because my 15 yr old grandson loves it as much as I do
do yerself a favor, spend the money buy a browning , because you can still get parts and they still make them
 
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