BPS10 gauge

[u/GlumNature6528]

Benelli for scale. It identifies as a Flak 88. Its pronouns are ack-ack..

BPS10, 10ga pump with Briley mag tube extension and holosun HS510C. 3oz #4 buck cannon for long range penetration. Extra full choke. You will need shoulder surgury after one mag dump.

[u/GlumNature6528]

Ok, so its all handloads with 10ga. All components are available in Canada. 10ga cheddite hulls and primers. I cast my #4 buck. You can modify a lee load-all to 10ga

[u/EcstaticStock499 → u/GlumNature6528]

Right on. No I know the 10 gauge stuff can be readily handloaded or still bought as factory loaded shells (we have some 10 gauge waterfowl loads at the store I work at).

I was talking about the 8 gauge punt gun you mentioned in your reply to the initial comment. I honestly just don’t know if the components are out there and thought maybe you did.

I would absolutely love the chance to shoot a 3 oz ten gauge sometime, I like big guns, big recoil, it’s sort of like hot peppers (which I also grow and enjoy) - there’s something fun for people like me about seeing how much you can withstand/how close to your limit you can get.

I haven’t found it with recoil yet. Stout 45-70 out of a levergun hasn’t seemed half as bad as it’s made out to be, a featherweight .375 HH is certainly stout but not intimidatingly so, my .300 RUM is an absolute sweetheart with little recoil, 358 Norma isn’t bad, 3.5 inch waterfowl loads out of a Benelli supernova were underwhelming compared to how horrific people claimed the recoil would be….the 50BMG doesn’t count for me because the one I was privileged to shoot in the good old days pushed me back a bit but doesn’t actually hit your shoulder with any violence at all, but holy muzzle blast that’s an experience of its own.

Up to a point recoil is very subjective, hence my comments about heavy 12 gauge loads in very light weight single shot 12 gauge shotguns. They come at you so FAST. By comparison my .450 Ackley elephant rifle (a little bigger case capacity than a 458 Lott) objectively generates significantly more recoil than a shotgun BUT truly it’s less abusive than some, think getting shoved hard vs getting punched fast.

My newest old gun that I haven’t even got a chance to shoot yet might be a handful. A Remington 600 Mohawk (late 60s production, 18 inch barrel, 6 pounds) in .350 Remington magnum. By all accounts it’s a stomper being that light and short. Can’t wait to try it out and see what it can do!

If I ever do get the opportunity to shoot a 10 gauge with 3 oz loads I’ll be sure to give a full report haha, congrats on a very unique shotgun, and cool mag extension, I didn’t know they even made those for 10s.

[u/GlumNature6528 → u/EcstaticStock499]

Haha. So 8ga is a BP special load. Find a gun that can handle smokeless 10ga,, then find a BP load for 8ga plus whatever projectiles you can find

[u/EcstaticStock499 → u/GlumNature6528]

That’s what I thought about 8ga, that it was blackpowder. I know they use some weird version of it for blasting out industrial kilns but besides that sort of thing did anyone ever make a “modern” sporting 8 gauge meant for smokeless loads? I know I could ask google but you seem to know a fair bit about the oddball shotgun stuff. This is out of my usual wheelhouse, I’m a rifle looney and handloading nut for centerfire rifle cartridges but have not yet gotten into reloading shotshells nor have I ever worked with black powder anything. I also do have casting lead on my to do list one day, specifically with shotgun slugs and heavy .458 pills in mind. I imagine casting for number 4 buck would be a time consuming endeavour, or no? Do y’all have to cast one pellet at a time?

I tell myself it’d be a way to save money but if reloading for the last 16 years now has taught me anything it’s that if a person’s sole motivation is to save money, reloading is the wrong tree to be barking up 🤣. I do it for the immense satisfaction of it all and the fact that it opens up so many weird guns that you couldn’t even find ammo for otherwise.