Ranger Pat has the same experience as my brother and I had with ours. Bro still has his. Dad bought one at the same time. He shot it once. He danced around in circles yelling and screaming about shoulder gone missing. Fine dance he did, I think it rained for 2 days.

I sold mine after u got an Ithaca mag 10. Killed turkey and lots of waterfowl with it. I'd still have it except a guy had a 2 bbl Parker set and wanted the Mag 10.

I later bought a Benelli SBE. To me the 3.5 12 Guage shells recoil much much harder than 3.5 10 guages do.

Dad sold his the next day.

Had a 10 gauge go off next to my head, knocking me down from the muzzle blast. Ear still rings. People can do the most stupid things. No, I don't hunt with him any longer after that.

Be kind to those you hunt with in close quarters. If you are stupid, don't touch a gun.

I've got an H&R 36" barrel 10ga single shot. My brother and I each bought one when we lived in Louisiana and duck and goose hunted. At that time you could still use lead shot in a 10ga. We would each carry our 12ga and the 10ga out to the blinds. Yes they kick, but were effective. My brother later bought a Ithaca semi auto 10ga.

Been told they taste a lot like spotted owl;-)

Similar to condor and spotted owl. I use shake & bake for chicken.

I always wanted a Browning BPS10. Not sure why.
This thread reminded me of Viggo Mortensen’s 8 gauge double in Appaloosa. That’s some big iron!

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No 10 gauge but the box below will get your attention.
Bought those for a Browning White Satin Hunter but never used them.
Bought an 870 Super Mag and after testing my trap loads I got up close again, as I do just using the rib and front bead on the BT99, and it had been a long time since my thumb brushed my nose.

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I still have an Ithaca Mag-10 "Road-Blocker" I purchased back in the mid 80's. It is "Parkerized" and sports a twenty inch barrel with a "bead" sight. I bought it on a whim with thoughts of carrying it while at work.

I soon found out that it was sort of unwieldy and heavy. It only had "2 + 1" capacity but the amount of lead you could place down-range with rifled slugs and 00 Buck was impressive.

As to "kick", I found that the recoil impulse was similar to that of a 12 gauge magnum round. This was no doubt due to the "Counter-coil" system. It felt like a big "push" when it went off. With practice it was not difficult to accurately place a string of slugs at 25 yards.

I've shot a conventional 10 gauge shotgun and my Ithaca was much more pleasant and controllable.

I have two, both SxSs. A Zabala and a Remington.

They are a speciality shotgun in my opinion, and I get much better patterns than I do with the 3 1/2 12 gauge shells, and the ancient Remington is equivalent to a modern heavy load in a 2 3/4 12 Gauge. I don't recall ever shooting a single shot 10.

My late husband had a lifelong love of the 10ga. His Dad had an old Ithaca sxs, when waterfowl went to steel shot only he bought a BPS and an Italian O/U, all 3 1/2 in. His first love in hunting was the big late season Canadians. Most days he would come home with his limit. He had a buddy that loaded super hot shells for him. He liked to "reach out and touch 'em"!

One day when he came home from hunting, told me, "I've got good news and bad news" I said, OK, give the good news first.
"I got you a pheasant" so, I'm thinking, what's the bad news?
"I shot it with a 10ga. Some is here, some there, most I don't know where"

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Why Yes I do! I have my Grand Father's Parker 10ga. that he hunted with. I think it is from about 1900 - 1910 . I also have a 12ga. of his. I have shot a couple of geese with the 10ga. years ago with black powder shells.