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Seeing a previous post abut 10ga VS 12ga got me thinking. I know most 10ga shotguns are not ideal for upland hunting, unless you are driving game, but if one was to use a 10ga for upland, what would you find to be an ideal 10ga shotgun and what would be your choice of ammo?
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I often hunt upland birds with a restored Baker Damascus 10 gauge SxS using handloaded low-pressure 12 gauge shells with Gauge-Mate stainless steel adaptors. I don't claim that it is "ideal", but it works very well.
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Extra light weight Lefever F or higher grade with 30 inch barrels weighing 7 1/4 lbs or less. Ammo- hand load ounce and a quarter hard 6s or 5s for Pheasant and Sage Grouse, #7s for everything else loaded to 1200 fps in 2 7/8th inch hulls. Easy on the gun and the shooter.
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A gun such as TwiceBarrel describned would be a hoot in the uplands. I once had occasion to admire & heft a Barber & Lefever 10ga hammer double with 28" bbls. Didn't enquire as to its weight, but doubt seriously if it exceded the 7�lbs mentioned, it was very lively in the hands. I would have loved to have had it to carry afield, but was not for sale. I think some got the impression I was totally condemning the 10ga in the previous thread, that was not my intention at all. In total honesty there is just no "Practiacl" reason for 99.9% of shooters to own a 10ga. We are however not on this forum for "Practicality" are we. Many of the very early 10ga's were chambered for a 2 5/8" shell, one of these in upland weight could also be much fun. These lighter weight 10s could be loaded with either 1 1/8oz or 1�zs loads of shot depending on intended use.
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As Twicebarreled said, only try to find a Brit or similar 2 5/8" gun. They often have dynamics similar to 12 bore heavy game/light phesant guns: 7 - 7 1/2#, 4 1/2 - 5" balance to trigger, 1.7 - 2 unmounted swing effort, and 7 1/2 - 9 mounted swing effort.
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Channing,
I own a Henry Adkin 10 Gauge which weighs 7 lb 15 oz and "comes right up"! Admittedly this in on the havy side for grouse but isn't too heavy for pheasants.
For ammo, one and a quarter once handloads will kill anything that flys.
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I have always wanted to try 10ga for grouse and woodcock. I thought a nice 3/4 or 1 1/4oz load of 7s would work out or just for fun number 10 shot.
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I don't own a 10 b, but have always wanted one, Lord only knows why! I understand your sentiment.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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I currently own 5 10 bores, don't ask me why but I have to say it puts the fun back into squirrel hunting to knock a bushy tail out of a tree with a handloaded blackpowder load of 1 1/4 ounce #6's.
This years goal is to take a doe with a handloaded blackpowder load of buckshot with my W&C Scott.
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