10 gauge try out

[thekicks6]

I'm am looking at buying a new shotgun for Geese this season. I've just recently purchase a remington 870 super magnum and have already taken a goose with it but I would like to buy a 10 gauge to hunt both turkey and geese with. If anyone in Northern Indiana around Ligonier, Indiana has a Browning bps 10 gauge or a browning gold light 10 semi auto and is willing to let me shoot it so I can experience the recoil please send me a pm or reply. Thanks guys.

 

[Redskinsfan]

I am sorry, I am way too far away to help you with this, but I wanted to say that I was shooting my BPS in 10 gauge both of the past two weekends and I found the recoil to be easily tolerated. I am sure that this is due to the weight of the gun being at 10.5 pounds.

 

[thekicks6]

Thanks for the info. If it's not too much trouble could you give me an idea of your size. I'd like to compare our masses so that I could make some sort of tolerance comparison. I'm 16, about 6'1 and 270 lbs.

 

[wbower]

I've killed 1000's of geese and a 10 gauge does the trick. I'm 6' and 240 and doesn't bother me a bit.

 

[thekicks6]

Thanks, wbower. I assume I'll handle the recoil fine.

 

[Ericpwp]

Didn't the 3 1/2 12ga obsolete the 10 Ga? I thought it had something to do with max psi. Here is one article. Why The 10 Gauge Shotgun is Obsolete

 

[thekicks6]

The ten gauge cannot be beat by the 3 and a half inch. The ten gauge still has a capacity advantage by up to 3/4 of an oz in some situations. Also 10 gauge loads can reach velocities upwards of 1500 feet per second so speed is not an issue when compared to 12 gauge.

 

[Redskinsfan]

I am 5'8", 190 pounds. You are much larger and should not find the 10 gauge too much.

 

[Tombs]

Didn't the 3 1/2 12ga obsolete the 10 Ga? I thought it had something to do with max psi. Here is one article. Why The 10 Gauge Shotgun is Obsolete

I'd always been told 10 gauge patterns far better than 12 gauge 3-½".

I can't imagine the recoil being bad at all from a semi-auto, but out of a light weight single shot, I'm sure it'll get your attention.

Hell, my mossberg 695 has dislocated my shoulder using 3" remington buck hammers while shooting them from a saiga 12 feels like a light push.

 

[Hookeye]

FWIW skinny people can often handle recoil better.

IMHO due to less meat/fat to slide around under impact.

Are you using steel for geese? If so then that's no big deal, even in 3.5". I ran a POS Mossberg 835 for one season.

Buddy had a Browning 10 gauge auto. I patterned some 2+ oz turkey loads from it. Quick repeat shots might be tough though due to the amount of movement....big slow shove.

 

[Hookeye]

Gun fit has a lot to do with how recoil is perceived. Experience to recoil and the physical build (mentioned above) can play big parts in it too.

It's a gun, it might kick, get used to it

As long as it doesn't crack your cheekbone, enjoy it.

 

[tnrick55]

i know there not for old toots like me lol morning after pain was bad