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What would be a reasonable asking price for 10 ga. field grade Ithaca Flues, some color in its cheeks, solid stock, tight lockup, no wobbles, good bores, clean, unfiddled. Yes, I know, I don't really need one. Last time I looked at it, I came away with a 16 ga. SW sleeper.
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Those DE quail must be getting hard to kill if you need a 10 ga.. When you run into a value problem like this it sometimes helps me to figure what utility the gun has and price it from that standpoint verses a 12 or a gun I understand the value of better. If it was a 50% gun I would be thinking in the $400-450 range. Just can not see that much reason to pay much more than that. If it were a graded gun or a high condition gun it would make sense to pay more and maybe even much more than that amount. But there is not a great deal of demand for big-big bore beaters these days especially in a short ten gun with not a great reputation for strength.
How much use are you going to get out of a 10? How easy will a Flues 10 be to sell later. A NID would be much greater and easier to sell, 3 1/2" even easier. But you have a short chambered 10 with very little field use potential that almost any 12 that you have already could easily cover.
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I'll have to ask him to take nine bucks off to arrive at your high number, KY. I also have no aspirations in waterfowling that a Benelli Nova wouldn't fulfill and your resale argument is cogent and convincing. Just something about the girl . . .
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Rabbit, any old working fowler is worth having, that an a couple of Chesapeak Bay decoys and presto! A new hobby is had.
I'd get it!
...and I'd hunt it too.
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Most non Belgian Klunkers 10s that I see have seen very little real use. Finish may be fadded or worn due to the harsh conditions where they are used, but few get shot that much. You could enjoy your new toy more if you make a set of 10-12 chamber adapters. Very easy to make and lets you shoot 12 ga. shells in you gun for most uses. Made mine out of a set of 10 ga. brass shells that I came across.
I went down the same road you are on last year a ended up with a grade 2 NID 10. Not a very useful gun for my shooting needs but it was one I wanted for other reasons. I now have a grade 2 NID in 10, 12, 16 & 20. Only need a 28 and .410 to make the set. Two guns and 6-8K more that is.
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FWIW, I bought a Darne 10 gauge with short chambers a while ago. I use it for skeet (gets a lot of comments at the club, as you might imagine) with RST 1-1/16 loads of 7-1/2 shot. The gun weighs right at 7 pounds and has 2-7/8 inch chambers. Once I get a little better with it, I'm going to put together a few 1-1/8 ounce bismuth loads and take it goose hunting over decoys. It will also see some pheasant hunting.
There was no reason to buy such a gun, but I'd wanted a Darne and I'd wanted a short 10 and when the two arrived in tandem, I bought it. My kids can worry about selling it.
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