Browning makes the BPS in a 10 gage. They also have the Browning gold in a 10 gage.

 

Browning makes the BPS in a 10 gage. They also have the Browning gold in a 10 gage.

Do they still make the BPS in 10-gauge? The company site only references 12, 20, 28 and .410.

Thanks for the info on the Browning Gold.

 

I believe so. I purchased a new one 4 or 5 years ago.

 

Page 46 of the 2014 Browning Firearms Catalog lists both the BPS and Gold Light in 10 ga.

http://www.browning.com/customerservice/request/download-catalog.asp

H&R also makes their single shot Pardner in 10 ga.

http://www.hr1871.com/firearms/shotguns/pardnerturkey.asp

 

Page 46 of the 2014 Browning Firearms Catalog lists both the BPS and Gold Light in 10 ga.

http://www.browning.com/customerservice/request/download-catalog.asp

Thanks for the link.

 

I think the Browning Gold has so far been the pinnacle of 10 gauge development. It could still be lighter, but it's the best I have shot. I always thought if Remington hadn't been in a dearth of engineering talent state in the 80s they could have just scaled up the 870/1100 platform and had a winner, if they didn't add 4 pounds. When steel came along, we were actually shooting less weight of shot, but all the gunmakers decided we needed 3+ more pounds of gun to do it. I machined quite a lot of weight off a BPS 10 and made a much better handling gun out of it before tungsten came along and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief and go back to a 3" 12.

 

Browning makes the BPS in a 10 gage. They also have the Browning gold in a 10 gage.

Do they still make the BPS in 10-gauge? The company site only references 12, 20, 28 and .410.

Thanks for the info on the Browning Gold.

Absolutely they do, I walk by one in my local gun store all the time. They are nice, Shadow Grass camo and almost 11lbs.... I really wish Remington still made the SP-10

 

I finally sold my BPS 10 after 20 years. I got tired of the weight in about 2 years.

I now shoot a 6 1/2 pound 12 gauge 3" with steel only, and kill more ducks than ever. It's amazing how much difference a quick handling gun makes in getting on the birds and hitting close fast flyers. I still shoot my SX2 but 8 pounds seems heavy now.

 

I think the Browning Gold has so far been the pinnacle of 10 gauge development. It could still be lighter, but it's the best I have shot. I always thought if Remington hadn't been in a dearth of engineering talent state in the 80s they could have just scaled up the 870/1100 platform and had a winner, if they didn't add 4 pounds. When steel came along, we were actually shooting less weight of shot, but all the gunmakers decided we needed 3+ more pounds of gun to do it. I machined quite a lot of weight off a BPS 10 and made a much better handling gun out of it before tungsten came along and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief and go back to a 3" 12.

Remington didn't engineer the sp-10, Ithaca did. The Sp-10 is just a more modern version of the mag 10.

 

I have the H&R Partner in 10ga but I am not sure if it qualifies as a shotgun ,cannon ? Pipe on a stick? Very crude and not a serious shotgun. I bought it mostly for laughs. I told a friend tonight I would loan him a shotgun for shooting skeet since he had nothing suitable. I handed him the 10ga. Like I said it was good for a laugh.(no he didn't shoot it).

 

I have the H&R Partner in 10ga but I am not sure if it qualifies as a shotgun ,cannon ? Pipe on a stick? Very crude and not a serious shotgun. I bought it mostly for laughs. I told a friend tonight I would loan him a shotgun for shooting skeet since he had nothing suitable. I handed him the 10ga. Like I said it was good for a laugh.(no he didn't shoot it).

 

I know Remington didn't design the SP-10; that was my point. It took them over two years to figure out how to fix it after they bought the design from Ithaca.

 

I have the H&R Partner in 10ga but I am not sure if it qualifies as a shotgun ,cannon ? Pipe on a stick? Very crude and not a serious shotgun. I bought it mostly for laughs. I told a friend tonight I would loan him a shotgun for shooting skeet since he had nothing suitable. I handed him the 10ga. Like I said it was good for a laugh.(no he didn't shoot it).

You are in serious contention for "Post of the Day"

 

The H&R 10 ga. Partner just "for laughs"? A friend of mine had its predecessor the H&R 176. There were a number of geese who didn't laugh.

 

Spent many a hunt with an H&R topper 58.

12 gauge, kick like a mule.

Crude? Yup. Effective? Yup.

At both ends.

 

Tangential question: is anyone currently making an O/U in the 10-bore? IIRC, Armsport used to make one.

Anywho, just curious.