10 Gauge Automatic Shotgun

[jimmyj]

In the late 1970s era we were assigned to testing different brands and gauges shotguns.
One was a 10 gauge semi automatic shotgun that I can not recall the make. Ithaca, High Standard, or ??.
IIRC the model was Road Blocker ??

Anyone recall ?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I'm positive the Road Blocker was by Ithaca. Saw a Texas Ranger destroy a barricade running pick-up, outside Harlingen one January in the Mid 70's! Only three shots, but there is no need for more!

Ivan

 

[max]

Ithaca Road Blocker.

 

[hsguy]

I'm positive the Road Blocker was by Ithaca. Saw a Texas Ranger destroy a barricade running pick-up, outside Harlingen one January in the Mid 70's! Only three shots, but there is no need for more!

Ivan

I'm thinking 3 shots might have been the physical limit of the shoulder of the shooter! Wonder how long it took the bruising to go away?

 

[GB]

I now own my Dads 28" Ithaca 10 gauge. His favorite goose gun. I have fired it in the goose pits of central South Dakota more than a few times. Recoil is no worse than 3' 12 gauge. Gas operated most of the recoil is absorbed in the cycling of the action. Good gun! I also remember the Ithaca attempt to enter the LE world again with the Road Blocker. They already had the best 12 gauge in the Model 37.

 

[LittleCooner]

My best friend hunting buddy had one he bought to turkey hunt with, wow, it would shoot really small patterns at 40 yards. The best I remember, they weighed somewhere around 20-25 pounds and you needed two accompany gun bearers to help carry these things around. I would laugh at him every time we went hunting for carry such a huge hunk of steel. my memory is a little fogged and it is possible they only weighed in the 18-20 pound category. No wonder people do not have these any more.

 

[JohnRippert]

The one I remember was the Ithaca Mag 10.

 

[muddocktor]

The one I remember was the Ithaca Mag 10.

Yep, I used to own one. I had the plain Jane model without the ribbed barrel. It was a good duck and goose gun, but shot really tight with steel. Weighed around 11 pounds IIRC. Was heavy but tolerable for a younger man.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...Ithaca Road Blocker...

 

[JayFramer]

The Ithaca’s Auto-10 Roadblocker.

Excellent stopping power and about the best thumper yet. It didn’t catch on in lawsman’s circles due to the influx of female and short statutes officers at the time who couldn’t handle the recoil.

 

[steveno]

didn't Remington buy the rights to this shotgun? I remember that they had a similar 10 gauge semi-auto

Remington Model SP-10 - Wikipedia

Ithaca Mag-10 - Wikipedia

 

[muddocktor]

Yep, the Remington SP-10 was the result of them buying the rights to the Ithaca Mag 10 then doing some modifications to the design from what I understand too.

 

[OLDSTER]

Ithaca auto 10 was a favorite with goose hunters up here for a few years. But the 10ga. fell out of favor years ago; now we all shoot 3" or 3 1/2" 12 ga autos for geese.

 

[s&wchad]

Ithaca did a fair amount of advertising for the Road Blocker, back in the day. I remember drooling over the photos in the gun magazines. They also offered a hunting version called the MAG-10.

Browning also offered several versions of a 10 gauge autoloader. I bought a Gold 10 that was won at a banquet. The price was too good to pass on, but I think I’ve only hunted it once in over 20 years. Recoil isn’t too bad because of the weight, but they’re big, long and a bit unwieldy.

I think the 3-1/2” 12 gauge Put the kibosh on the 10’s. The Benelli SBE is a lot more versatile and handles better, even though the recoil with full loads will get your attention.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Not the same but at cowboy shoots several guys had Winchester lever action shotguns that shot 2 5/8" 10 gauge shells!! loaded with black powder, they really put out a cloud! (every body usually shoots lighter recoil rounds which just kind of go "pop", but the BP guns are much louder to start with. A 10 gauge with 5 to 6 drams of FFg "ROARS" with authority!

Also not the same but, My best friend bought a H&R 34" 3 1/2", 10 Gauge, single shot goose gun used. It came with a 25 round box of No.3 Buck Shot, missing 2 rounds. He shot it once, I shot it once, and a couple of other friends each shot it once. He sold it a couple years later (just before Goose season) and doubled his money. It included a 25 round box a No.3 Buck Shot, minus 6 shells! An absolutely unique experience; that I do not wish to repeat!

Ivan

 

[SC_Mike]

Chiropractor Special?

 

[Nevada Ed]

Have a few friends that shoot the 10 Ga. shotgun................

I'm just glad to be a good enough shooter, that I did not need
anything more than my 3" 12 Ga. shotgun.

As a reloader, I had a 12 Ga. pump that would come back on firing to extract the hull, with the huge recoil.

Nope.
I did not need a 10 Ga.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I had a 12 Ga. pump that would come back on firing to extract the hull, with the huge recoil.Nope.
I did not need a 10 Ga.

My 870 and Mossberg 500 riot guns do that with all "Express" and Buckshot loads.

Ivan

 

[llowry61]

I purchased an SP10 back in the 90's when the feds were transitioning to steel loads for waterfowl hunting. Until then there wasn't any job a 3 inch 12 gauge wouldn't handle. The first steel loads did not perform effectively so you had to increase the pellets size. For example, you had to go to a BBB in steel to get #2 lead like weight and penetration, thus the need for the 10 gauge hull capacity. I remember shooting a goose at close range with an early 3 inch 12 gauge magnum steel load, feather flews but that goose didn't even flinch and nothing fell. So, I went to the 10 gauge. Even then the loads weren't great and they were expensive. Over time, the shell manufacturers figured it out and got the velocity up and price down. Now I use the 3.5 12 # 3's for ducks and BB's for geese. Works out ok. Don't do as much waterfowling as I used to. It is a young mans game. BTW, the gun weighs eleven pounds and I never really thought the recoil was that intense. The gas makes it pretty smooth really. More of a hard push than a kick. Used to shoot 1 7/8 oz steel loads. Now, I did shoot some 2.5 oz copper plated turkey loads out of it and that would get your attention. I still have the gun and when i bought it the Mag 10 parts were still interchangeable on the early guns. They should have used synthetic stocks since it was made for waterfowl hunting and the moisture would make the stock swell. I always brought the gun inside and took it completely apart to dry it off after hunting.

 

[hammer 1]

I still have a remington sp10, with the gas system, it kicks like my benelli a300, with 3" duck or turkey loads. It will, put out a lot of shot, in a very short time. Stopped using it a long time ago, but I can't bring myself to get rid of it