H&R single shot 10 gauge

[Night goat]

i found a single shot H&R 10 gauge with a 36 inch full choked barrel that recently came into inventory at a local gun shop, but because its a trade-in it wont be available for a little while but i put my name on it anyway. ive been wanting one for years, mainly for a goose getter and for pass shooting ducks/geese on the bay/river mouth and for when they are just flying a little high. i got a 20 gauge and a few 12 gauges so its not like i don't have shotguns, but ive always wanted a 10 gauge.

ive read into the whole shot-string thing and the ballistics between say a 3 inch 20 gauge being comparable to a 2 3/4" 12 gauge, and how a 3 inch 12 gauge shell is ballisticly superior to the 3 1/2 12 gauge and that the 3 1/2 inch 12 gauge is just a gimmick compared to the 10 gauge and ive always wondered about seeing this in person, that and it looks like a lot of fun to shoot

anybody hunt with a 10 gauge? this thing looks like a flak cannon but i think im probably going to buy it

is 400$ too much to pay for one of these guns? they are getting pretty hard to find and a lot cheaper than an Ithaca or Marlin or Browning. the 36 inch barrel is nuts but makes one imagine how far you can reach out and touch something especially with like pure bismuth shot or similar hevi-loads (although the price of those shells is enough to make one flinch)

[Dan-o]

I had one but got rid of it. 

No real complaints but my 12 guage takes 3 1/2 mags and I believe they are close to the same. 

Shot string theory is nice and all, but......

[257wbymagkiller]

I bought Dan-o 10 gauge from him a while back if I’m remember correctly great gun fun to shoot. But a 12 will do all the same as the 10. Idk what one with a 36” barrel is worth but see if you can work down the price a little.

[Dan-o]

I bought Dan-o 10 gauge from him a while back if I’m remember correctly great gun fun to shoot. But a 12 will do all the same as the 10. Idk what one with a 36” barrel is worth but see if you can work down the price a little.

Yes sir,, you did.
Hope you're well.

$400 seems high for almost and H&R single shot.

[Night goat]

I bought Dan-o 10 gauge from him a while back if I’m remember correctly great gun fun to shoot. But a 12 will do all the same as the 10. Idk what one with a 36” barrel is worth but see if you can work down the price a little.

Yes sir,, you did.
Hope you're well.

$400 seems high for almost and H&R single shot.

yeah 400 for a single shot is steep but.... cant find more than a handful on any of the online auction sites. i almost bought one 5 or 6 years ago for almost 300, and with the current gun grab it might just be a sign of the times

[wadu1]

I run a Remington SP10 with 30" barrel, I reload my own fodder in it. As for the amount of shot, 3 1/2's are OK but I can load 2.25 oz loads that you can't purchase. And for giggles I load 2.25os of #8 shot for high doves . If you get the H&R have it punched out to IC then you should be able to get over the counter steel down the tube.

[bigdub257]

I've got some 10 gauge shells if any of you guys are interested.  Probably 5 or 6 boxes.

[Pegasus]

When was it manufactured? Before steel shot requirements or after? What length shell can it take?

[Night goat]

I run a Remington SP10 with 30" barrel, I reload my own fodder in it. As for the amount of shot, 3 1/2's are OK but I can load 2.25 oz loads that you can't purchase. And for giggles I load 2.25os of #8 shot for high doves . If you get the H&R have it punched out to IC then you should be able to get over the counter steel down the tube.

Steel sucks. If i wanted to shoot steel id stick with a 3 1/2 twelve gauge.

[JimmyHoffa]

I assume you're talking about the model 176?  Any kind of condition you're looking for?

[BigGoonTuna]

I saw one on the rack of a pawn shop I like to browse the other day, think it might have been $300?

I think one of the "problems" with one of these H&Rs is that they're probably a fixed full choke, which might be trouble with steel (oddly enough, a lot of the serious guys with the remington SP10s and browning golds like a .725 choke which is like an extra full).

I used to have a remington SP10, it was a great gun.  built like a tank and weighed like one too (something like 12lb).  It was a lot of fun to shoot...less recoil than my old 870 with 3" shells.  Problem was, they like to eat bolt buffers and Remington discontinued all parts for them when they stopped producing the guns.  Mine was in really nice condition, but I mostly hunt saltwater, so with me not wanting to bang up on it too badly, and the fact that I mostly end up shooting teal and widgeon, it didn't get used much.  It got sold when I started drooling over a particular rifle that a local shop had on the rack.

10 gauge is sort of a reloader's specialty these days, I bought a couple cases online when some stores were closing shells out for $15 a box.  The local selection sucks, all I ever see is #2s for the most part, and shooting a 10 is sort of pointless with those.

[Rob]

My Dad use to hunt geese with a 10 Gauge - but this was prior to 3.5 inch shells being available for 12 gauge.  A 3.5 inch 12 Gauge is pretty comparable to a 10 gauge so I am guessing most folks are going for one gun that can do upland, duck and geese.  Hard to beat the versatility of a 12 gauge that can shoot 2 3/4, 3 and 3.5 inch shells.

I have one of those H&R single shot 10 gauge.  Feels like it should be mounted on a turret!  I had it cut down to an 18 inch barrel for fun.  Very intimidating to look down that barrel!

[boneaddict]

I wonder how many starlings you,can bring down out of the hoard with this thing.....

[C-Money]

When I was way more excited about waterfowl hunting, I had a BPS 10ga. It surely gave you an advantage shooting steel shot. The payload seemed to ensure less cripples, and really folded up the birds.

[huntingfool7]

I have one of those H&R single shot 10 gauge.  Feels like it should be mounted on a turret!  I had it cut down to an 18 inch barrel for fun.  Very intimidating to look down that barrel!

Sounds like a great little "truck gun".  Good for anything between grouse and antifa.

Sportco had 10gauge buckshot on the shelf last week.  Bet that would leave a mark.

When was it manufactured? Before steel shot requirements or after? What length shell can it take?

All of the H&R 10 gauges are 3-1/2" chambered.  I have a turkey model with factory 27-1/2" barrel, 3-1/2" chamber.

[wadu1]

I wonder how many starlings you,can bring down out of the hoard with this thing.....

For Starlings i would load 2 1/2oz of #9 shot and use a skeet choke.

[Rob]

I have one of those H&R single shot 10 gauge.  Feels like it should be mounted on a turret!  I had it cut down to an 18 inch barrel for fun.  Very intimidating to look down that barrel!

Sounds like a great little "truck gun".  Good for anything between grouse and antifa.

Sportco had 10gauge buckshot on the shelf last week.  Bet that would leave a mark.

I bet it would leave a mark!  I have a bunch of large shot size lead loads in the armory in 10 gauge - leftover hand loads that dad loaded up from back when you could shoot lead for waterfowl. 

[Night goat]

I assume you're talking about the model 176?  Any kind of condition you're looking for?

36 inch barrel and something safe to shoot?

[Tenkara]

I bought one of the new england single shot 10 gauges quite some time ago new at a show for $170, neat gun but it does kick like a mule with magnum turkey loads.

[konradcountry]

I'd only keep a 10 gauge as a backup turkey/truck gun. Probably cut it to 22".

Hunting geese with a single shot means you might miss on a double.

I can also pop a 4th shell in a semi-auto pretty quickly.

Unless you are hunting in your backyard I don't see it.

I drive too far to risk a single shot.

[callturner]

A 3 1/2" 10 ga and a 3" 12 ga shoot the same fps , just more pellets in the 10. A 31/2" 12 ga is Peeing in the wind. Your trying to get a larger amount of pellets out of a constricted barrel. That's why they kick so darn bad and still have lower velocities. They shoot 3" 12s fine but the gun weighs too much.

[konradcountry]

A 3 1/2" 10 ga and a 3" 12 ga shoot the same fps , just more pellets in the 10. A 31/2" 12 ga is Peeing in the wind. Your trying to get a larger amount of pellets out of a constricted barrel. That's why they kick so darn bad and still have lower velocities. They shoot 3" 12s fine but the gun weighs too much.

Shooting a 3.5 out of a 12 gauge is not peeing in the wind.
You can get some really nice patterns out of them but you have to experiment.
I had some really nice patterns out of my 535 using a 3.5 vs 3.

Or you can just buy an overbored 12 gauge.

[ASHQUACK]

I've got some 10 gauge shells if any of you guys are interested.  Probably 5 or 6 boxes.

What do you have and what are you looking to get for them?

[Fletch]

I bought a single shot 10 off of gunbroker a few years back to pass shoot geese.  It was a cool gun.  My house was broken into and it was stolen along with my 12 guage.  The replacement 12 was 3.5 inch so never replaced the 10.  would love to have another one just for fun.... yes i now have a safe