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roode301

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Alright guys what is you thoughts on it I use one and love it.Lets talk ammo,chokes,and gun types and info.Anybody out there as foolish as me that likes the big ones.
 
there are some posts in the "preadator shotgun" thread that i comented on the 10 gauge, lookes like there are some people that are not convenced of the power of the mighty 10 !?!?

i have recently picked up a Howa 22-250 and will be getting a H&R sigle 10 in a few weeks, thats going to be my 2 gun combo. we run hounds alot and then sometimes i go off and do some calling day and nightime sets. plan on useing the 250 for anything out past 75 to 100 yards, the MONSTER for all else (casue a yotey that is being trailed by hounds and close to the road seeing a truck) will be running like greased lightin!!
 
Had a SP-10 for a little while. Shot good, but it was heavy,ammo was few on choices and pricey.


If you're not gonna load your own ammo ,I'd pass.
 
No not so much the power.It's the 000 buck at 100 yards and I too find it hard to swallow with out a 4 foot holdover but I was not there and not going to fight about it.If I were you I would watch gunbroker or here you can pick up some good deals.I bought a ithaca auto mag 10 for 440.00 and I found some pumps even cheaper. I'm sold on them and I don't care what anybody says.
 
I found a place in mich.called sporting ammo.com they have quite a selection in 10ga they load. They are kinda a mom&pop place prices are real good and super nice.Yes they are chunks but my heavy barrled rifles weigh about the same so i figure what the heck.
 
I don't have a big 10 but as far as I'm concerned, the more shot i can get in the air the better so the 10 Ga. makes sense to me.
 
I have 100 rounds of 10 ga. BB Steel.... think that will do anything to a yote...

or maybe i should take the steel out and add somethingelse..?
 
When hunting alone I often carry both my AR and my 10ga. Over the course of the last 30 years, I've had a Spanish double, Browning BPS and currently a Remington SP10. Nothing in a shotgun compares to the 10ga. Another member here just sold me his stash of Winchester #4 buck. I would buy more if I could get it. The only #4 buck load I could find in current manufacture was Dead Coyote at midsouth. A bit pricey at about $4 a throw. If you plan on shooting it much go ahead and buy a used MEC 600JR. I have a Comp N Choke in my SP10, I forget teh constriction. I have no problems taking a shot at 70 yds, but prefer 60.
Ya, the guns are heavy, but this ain't no sport for sissies.
 
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Originally Posted By: roode301Alright guys what is you thoughts on it I use one and love it.Lets talk ammo,chokes,and gun types and info.Anybody out there as foolish as me that likes the big ones.

Ammo, I roll my own. Lead shot for range practice, Hevi-Shot
for waterfowl and turkeys, and buckshot. I cast my own
.31"(between #1 and #0) buckshot, and load that in both
12 ga. and 10 ga. The 12 ga. if for a short 12 gauge Home
Defense shotgun, and the 10 ga. is for things with teeth
outdoors. It does a job on coyotes out to about 60 yards.
If I have to move a cocky bear away from the homestead,
I confront it with the 10 ga., stoked with 5 rounds of
buckshot. So far the bear have moved on quickly. If one
ever doesn't, I will be digging a big hole to bury the mess.

Chokes, I use the standard Browning Invector Full - Lead
choke. I have an XXX-Full turkey choke, but it doesn't seem
to like buckshot sized pellets.

Gun, it is a Browning Gold 10(semi-auto), 26" Stalker model.
I love it. Powerful JuJu for anything down range.

Squeeze
 
Originally Posted By: dan brothersI have 100 rounds of 10 ga. BB Steel.... think that will do anything to a yote...

or maybe i should take the steel out and add somethingelse..?

Steel is for birds, sucks for coyotes.
 
I agree on the steel in my experince steel drops off real fast and range is lesser but in a pinch will work.



great post SQUEZZE answered it all. I have a couple brileys chokes in full and extra full they shoot buckshot real well.
 

The only #4 buck load I could find in current manufacture was Dead Coyote at midsouth. A bit pricey at about $4 a throw.


I had no trouble finding Rem 3" #4 buck in several stores in TX and NM last month... mostly at Big 5 stores... and it only cost 8.00 for 5 rounds... I didn't think that was bad... or was it...?

I know that steel is no good for fur... but I quit using them on birds...so now i got to do something with them.... maybe reload them with buck... or something..
 
I had a bps 10, sold it, heavy as an anchor, pain to shoot, limited ammo, expensive. I just got tiered of carrying it so I would get lazy and it lived in it's case in the truck.

To each his own.
 
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Originally Posted By: rmsaylerMain problem with steel shot is it doesn't expand so it doesn't transfer energy to the target as well.

More like.... it has less weight,thus less energy.
 
Originally Posted By: dan brothersI have 100 rounds of 10 ga. BB Steel.... think that will do anything to a yote...

or maybe i should take the steel out and add somethingelse..?

Taking the steel out and putting something else in it's place could be dangerous. If the steel loads have 1-1/2 oz of steel in them you would need to put 1-1/2 oz or less of something else back in that shell.

You would have to fill the space with a filler wad because 1-1/2 oz of lead or Tungsten will take up much less space than 1-1/2 oz of steel.

Switching steel 10 ga loads over to lead or Tungsten loads would be a lot of work and then you would have some pretty lousy lead 10 ga shells when you were done.
 
Originally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeOriginally Posted By: rmsaylerMain problem with steel shot is it doesn't expand so it doesn't transfer energy to the target as well.

More like.... it has less weight,thus less energy.

Two days ago I patterned some Remington HD BB's and some Federal Black Cloud BBB steel loads at 40 yards.

The steel BBB pellets only went about half way into the 1/2" plywood at 40 yards. All of the Rem HD Tungsten BB pellets went right through the 1/2" plywood at 40 yards.

With round shotgun pellets penetration is much more important than expansion. The more a round pellet expands "flattens out" it will penetrate less.
 
Originally Posted By: derbyacresbob

With round shotgun pellets penetration is much more important than expansion. The more a round pellet expands "flattens out" it will penetrate less.

Exactly !
The reason good lead shot is copper plated.
 


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