INIn connection with the tendency to decrease rifles for water birds towards miniature barrels, you can ask the question whether anyone already has a reason to shoot with caliber 10.
Browning has recently ceased to produce the last two meters 10 in BPS and Gold 10 models, which means that most water birds are ready to leave our largest legal well. However, the 10-mm model stays among a miniature niche group of fans.
On the market you can find used 10, and the ammunition is in abundance. Do you need one? It depends. Here is the case of a state-of-the-art caliber 10 for hunting for duck and geese.
Magnum 3.5-inch 10, as we know, was created in 1932. Winchester introduced a 3.5-inch cartridge, and ITHACA released a massive double gun placed side by side. Designed as the best long -range water cartridge cartridge, Caliber 10 also found recognition of several turkeys and predators in several hunters.
When ITHACA released a semi -automatic magazine Mag 10, it was offered as a weapon for deer, and even as a weapon of law enforcement agencies called “road blocker”.
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Calibration 10 was a weapon of special purpose until 1991, when a non -toxic shot replaced lead for hunting for water birds. Hunters quickly found out that the effective way to apply steel shot was to shoot immense charges of immense steel shots and in this respect 10 was second to none.
For a low time, it seemed that 10 would become a popular choice in the case of ducks and geese. However, before model 10 gained popularity in the mainstream, a more versatile 3.5-inch screen with a diagonal of 12 inches was introduced (this time as part of the cooperation of Federal and Mossberg). The modern load could accommodate as much shot as 10 and could reach higher speeds because it was intended for higher pressure. Could shoot 3- and 2-3Also ⁄4-inch shells.
While the 3.5-inch 12-inch model had an advantage in terms of versatility, the 10-inch had two advantages. Its immense hole – 0.775 inches compared to 0.729 inches in model 12 – allowed him to shoot better patterns with very immense shots, such as BBB and T. These sizes were the best shot for steel shooting over long distances to immense birds.
The hunters who shot goose near Ostoja, held their calibers 10. The difference in the design is not immense, but it is. The 10 -caliber weapon remains the most effective weapon for shooting immense charges of immense, steel shot.
Secondly, Kal. 10 is a massive weapon, weighing from 10 to 11 pounds. This weight allows for polished waving with a distance shots and absorbs jet. Add to this reducing recoil in the gas system, and 10 is much easier to wear on the shoulder than a lighter 3.5-inch 12-inch.
Even without gas installation, shooting from my elderly BPS 10 was much more convenient than from almost every 3.5-inch gas pistol caliber 12. Gas weapon such as SP-10 provides nothing more than pressure on the shoulder with the most severe loads.
If you often hunt for geese, which includes several shots from a distance, and if you want to save yourself expenses for the purchase of a bismut or tungsten iron, find caliber 10 and stock up on BBB balls. Otherwise you don’t need it. After saying, the 10-shot bismut will also be fine if you want to pay to expand your range even more.
Although there are no modern 10 -caliber shotguns, there are plenty of them on the used market. BPS 10 was produced until this year. It’s a sturdy and reliable weapon. Pumping requires a long jump, and cycling has always seemed awkward to me, but besides, it is a great weapon.
As I mentioned, the SP-10 Remington is one of the most lovely semi-automatic I tried. It was a redesigned and improved ithaca mag 10. Between Remington and Browning Gold 10 you have two very good options that you can look for in gas weapons.
There were no dozens of time next to each other in Itace, but they appear on the internet so often that one could be shot, although bismut was needed for this.
Size 10 has never been for everyone. Shooting from the application is not as popular as it used to be, so 10 do not have many applications anymore. But for those of us who like 10, supple recoil and reaching out from time to time, there is no substitute.
