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With the 12 gauge 3 1/2" popularity among waterfowlers and turkey hunters is the 10 gauge getting pushed aside? I notice it's getting harder to find ammo in the local sporting good stores, when a few years back it was no problem to find shells?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12th, 2007 03:00 AM |
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Scratch I sure think that going after a 10-gauge is not the smartest thing for someone looking for a waterfoul shotgun or a coyote gun in the woods. They are super heavy start the ball rolling and they "KICK" like a Mizzouri Mule too!
The new found 3.5 inch 12 gauge shells are very impressive and get the job done very well in most cases. I own one in a Browning Gold and it is easyier on the recoil but better yet, the price for those shells is still affordable compared to a box or a case of 10 gauge shells. Yes, I think the Ole 10 Gauge is a thing of the past!!!
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I don't own a 10 anymore but if somebody was to find me one of those Ithaca 10 gauge autoloaders or a real nice SxS I could be tempted. A Spanish made SxS was my deer hunting companion when I lived in New Joisey,but carrying the beast got old. I allways swore I'd put wheels on it
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| Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 04:12 AM |
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I'm not 10 ga shooter, but if you read the literature produced by Ballistic Products, they make some very convincing agruments for the 10 ga, even over the 12 ga 3.5in with an overbored barrel (a la Mossberg 835/935). Shot string length is one of their major points as an advantage of a 10 ga. Similar to the argument of the 16 ga 2 3/4 being superior to the 20 ga 3 inch. I'm no shotgun expert and I'm paraphrasing from memory, so check it out yourself.
Certainly the steel shot laws revived the 10 ga. If time and money allowed more waterfowling for me, I'd step right in line for a 10 ga BPS. I might even if they don't.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 01:34 PM |
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My brother has a Russian made SXS 10 Gyage, it is a heavy puppy to hold. But it shoots well and the recoild is not bad.
Jerry
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10th, 2008 02:25 AM |
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I think people are understanding that it doesnt take a 12 gauge to take down a goose, deer, or turkey. the only thing that could save it is eather armi purposes or a slug that hits accurately at 2500+ fps. then we would all go bear huntin'. other wise it will turn out like the 8,4, and 2 gauges. cool to own but not popular.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10th, 2008 02:43 AM |
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I could do effective hunting with a decent 28 guage or a .410, 12 Guage is very common, but a 10 guage gets everyones attention.
An 8 guage or larger is a little more than I want to drop the hammer on.
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The 12 ga. 3 1/2" has definately cut into sales of the 10 ga. Probably in the very near future 10 ga. ammo will become special order items. I wouldn't want to shoot 10 ga. slugs at 2500 fps. and a .458 doesn't bother me very much.
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I think, the disadvantage of the 10 gauge is its weight, which overrules the ballistic advantages this cal. has, compaired to the overloaded 12 gauge guns.
It is a fact, nobody will denie who does is not involved in selling overloaded shotshells, that a load which is stacked as high as its diameter "Square load" is superior in throwing patterns to anything else.
For normal use to ranges which ensures a clean kill by shock caused by being hit by several pellets the normal square load of a 10 gauge will outperform every super-duper magnum 12 caliber.
If the 10 gauge would be still allowed over here, it would be my duck-and goose gun!
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One advantage the 10 has over the 12 - it handles 000 Buckshot much better. The 12 has to stack in 2s, the 10 layers them in 3s.
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