Remington Model 10 shotgun
Allan Matthews
old but in excellent condition suitable for todays ammo? What length
shell would it take?
Thanks for any info on this gun.
Allan
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allan.m...@worldnet.att.net (Allan Matthews) says...
# Is the Remington Model 10 shotgun pump action, patent 1905 and very
# old but in excellent condition suitable for todays ammo? What length
# shell would it take?
# Thanks for any info on this gun.
# Allan
It will be fine for 2-3/4" shells, up to the standard 1-1/4 oz. hunting
loads. I would stay away from steel or tungsten shot, or the 2-3/4"
magnums.
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Clark
have worked on others.
They take standard modern 2 3/4" shells.
They are good shotguns.
The stock is fragile, and replacements stocks hard to get, so don't use
it as a club.
max
<allan.m...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
#Is the Remington Model 10 shotgun pump action, patent 1905 and very
#old but in excellent condition suitable for todays ammo? What length
#shell would it take?
#Thanks for any info on this gun.
Here's Remington's brief history on them:
http://www.remington.com/aboutus/history/m10.htm
The trench gun bayonet adapters are worth more than the sporting
shotgun is, and an original trench gun is quite collectible.
And here are some scans of the history and takedown procedure:
http://www.maxicon.com/guns/pics/remington_10-1.jpg
http://www.maxicon.com/guns/pics/remington_10-2.jpg
The scans are a bit large (nearly 3 Meg total), but it's necessary to
get the details.
The Model 10 was Remington's first pump gun, and was pretty popular in
its day, but it's hard to get some parts for now, particularly the
action bar lock button/spring, which comes off sometimes. It's easy
to take down, but detail-stripping it can be a bit of a challenge.
Designed by John Pederson, who worked with John Browning on some
designs, it's pretty good for an early pump, but many are not up to
today's standards of reliability.
The stock has a bad tendency to crack and break right where the
receiver mounts to it, and replacement stocks are expensive (and still
prone to cracking). One of mine is a special grade #2 with a nicer
stock, and it hasn't cracked, but it also doesn't have so many rounds
down the tube.
It's also not unusual to see a lot of wear at the barrel takedown
threads and the barrel fit adjustment bushings, if it's been used a
lot or taken down a lot. The adjustment bushings can be battered
enough that it's very difficult to get them to move at all. It's
important to make sure the barrel fit is tight, with no wiggle, when
the barrel's aligned.
Removing and replacing the bolt is a bit tricky, and takes some
practice. Mine is kinda sensitive to how you stroke it, and jams
pretty easily (reverse stovepipe of the live round) if you get too
vigorous. The jam takes some time and both hands to clear.
Like most older shotguns, you don't want to shoot steel shot in them.
I've had no problems with other modern ammo, but I haven't put a whole
lot of rounds through mine.
I see them for sale for $200-250 at the gun show, and I always see the
same ones every show. I wouldn't pay much more than $100 for one
unless it was in pristine shape or was one of the higher grades. I've
bought a few as parts guns for $50 and $70.
One of our local shops has had a somewhat worn one on the shelf with a
repaired stock for $150 for months now. I'll be surprised if it
sells, considering you can get a used Mossberg 500 for just a little
bit more, and a new 500 with 2 barrels for $220.
Interestingly, I watched a parts kit (everything but the receiver)
sell on ebay once for nearly $300 - more than I've ever seen the
complete shotgun sell for. I dang near stripped mine down and put it
up for auction!
max
Bryant
shoot it all the time. In respect to it's age, I haven't used extremely
heavy loads, (turkey, slugs, buckshot), but for anything else, I like it.
You can get the owners manual online from remington if you wish. (H)
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Allan Matthews
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Thanks for all the responses. It really helped. I don't know where
else I could have gotten this info.
Allan