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Anyone use a 10 gauge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Turpentine21" data-source="post: 2725230" data-attributes="member: 124909"><p>One of my dislikes with the 12 was that I never could find a 12 ga auto that would hold up to a steady diet of 3.5" shells over a long term. Numerous gas piston springs broke in my SX2 and several friends sx3s. Then the finish gummed up to pine rosin consistency So I sold it to a kid that wanted it much worse than me for a very low price. My Gold 12 got to where it wouldn't run reliably after breaking its first piston spring after 3 seasons. I gave up on it after several trips back to Browning. I Only used factory loads In any of these and no hypersonic steel which is an auto killer. I never could find a Benelli that would run in cold weather reliably. I didn't care for inertia anyway, or the fit, and if I'm gonna have to deal with the recoil I'd rather shoot a pump. </p><p>I've had better luck with Berettas but shot very few 3.5s through them as I backed up to 3" and 2 3/4. The best for me was the Extrema 2. Which I actually prefer to the a400. I have 9 different Berettas at last count from the 390 to the present day a400. I was a dealer and kept some of the retired rental guns from the sporting clays range I ran. They get used today more as trial and training guns for kids or folks I do lessons for or for people considering buying a certain model. They just keep running With a little maintenance. 4 of those have very high round counts. </p><p>The BPS 10 has just rolled along and kept shooting. It was good in the salt marsh and cold weather. I never used it in walk in situations. Or in tight shooting areas where a quicker gun was preferred. I used a 20 or 12 for that.</p><p> I'm with you on the 60 plus shots. Never did a lot of that, just saw more solid kills within reasonable range with the 10. But it did extend my killing range a bit.</p><p>My favorite duck gun of all time was a used 2 3/4" 12 gauge Wingmaster with a 28" modified barrel. It was a small step up from the 16ga Wingmaster I started with. Most of the bluing was worn off of the 12 and I still have both. That was way before steel and the need for heavier loads. I'd still run 2 3/4" lead vs 3.5" steel if I had my way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Turpentine21, post: 2725230, member: 124909"] One of my dislikes with the 12 was that I never could find a 12 ga auto that would hold up to a steady diet of 3.5” shells over a long term. Numerous gas piston springs broke in my SX2 and several friends sx3s. Then the finish gummed up to pine rosin consistency So I sold it to a kid that wanted it much worse than me for a very low price. My Gold 12 got to where it wouldn’t run reliably after breaking its first piston spring after 3 seasons. I gave up on it after several trips back to Browning. I Only used factory loads In any of these and no hypersonic steel which is an auto killer. I never could find a Benelli that would run in cold weather reliably. I didn’t care for inertia anyway, or the fit, and if I’m gonna have to deal with the recoil I’d rather shoot a pump. I’ve had better luck with Berettas but shot very few 3.5s through them as I backed up to 3” and 2 3/4. The best for me was the Extrema 2. Which I actually prefer to the a400. I have 9 different Berettas at last count from the 390 to the present day a400. I was a dealer and kept some of the retired rental guns from the sporting clays range I ran. They get used today more as trial and training guns for kids or folks I do lessons for or for people considering buying a certain model. They just keep running With a little maintenance. 4 of those have very high round counts. The BPS 10 has just rolled along and kept shooting. It was good in the salt marsh and cold weather. I never used it in walk in situations. Or in tight shooting areas where a quicker gun was preferred. I used a 20 or 12 for that. I’m with you on the 60 plus shots. Never did a lot of that, just saw more solid kills within reasonable range with the 10. But it did extend my killing range a bit. My favorite duck gun of all time was a used 2 3/4” 12 gauge Wingmaster with a 28” modified barrel. It was a small step up from the 16ga Wingmaster I started with. Most of the bluing was worn off of the 12 and I still have both. That was way before steel and the need for heavier loads. I’d still run 2 3/4” lead vs 3.5” steel if I had my way. [/QUOTE]
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